About 200 people gathered at Community School 67 in a call for peace. Re-enacting the story of Samantha Guzman’s death in 2006 community members stepped up to give individual testimony to the violence they had experienced or perpetrated, including Guzman’s mother who hoped her daughter’s story would help save lives.

Reported by Shreeya Sinha and Mamta Badkar. Statistics provided by Edward Talty Gang Prosecutor for the Bronx District Attorney.