Many anti-violence organizations highlighted in new ‘Community Services Directory’

REV. PHILLIP GRAYSON ADDRESSES THE MEDIA ON FEB. 26, PART OF THE TEAM THAT ANNOUNCED THE NEW “COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORY” THAT’S BEING PUBLISHED TO CONNECT ANTI-VIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. (PHOTO BY J.L MARTELLO) Booklet already going to local schools, Tim Stevens says & For Rev. Phillip Grayson, the fight against gun violence is “personal.” The Associate Minister at Central Baptist Church, in the Hill District, only had to walk a few steps across the street to where Tim Stevens’ Black Political Empowerment Project and the Greater Pittsburgh Coalition Against Violence were holding a news conference on Monday afternoon, Feb. 26. Together, the announcement was made that the fourth “Community Services Directory” was being released to the public, a guide to community services throughout Pittsburgh that fights against violence in the Black community. & “I pray that each and every individual that stands here today, do not give up,” Rev. Phillip Grayson said. “Never give up. Because if we give up, then we’re giving up on our kids. And for me, it’s extremely personal, because I, myself, in 1992, was a victim of an attempted homicide. I was shot multiple times on Colwell and Dinwiddie (in the Hill District).” Most...