Southeast Queens And Harlem Peace Groups Help Decrease Shooting Deaths To An All Time Low In NYC

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2 Stop The Violence Women Leaders Spearhead Organizations To Increase The Peace and Help Stop Violent Crime in NYC

By Kamau Austin, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Southeast Queens Scoop

We constantly hear the question from conservatives and apologists for over aggressive police tactics, which too often result in deadly consequences, in the Black community - why don't Black organizations focus on "Black on Black crime?"  Well there are at least a couple organizations which do exactly that in the NYC.

These two groups Life Camp Inc., of Southeast Queens, and Street Corner Resources of Harlem, along with many other persons in the community have contributed to a deep drop in violent crimes in NYC especially over the last few years.  The number of gun related killings in NYC this year (2017) is under 300 in a city of about 8.5 million people.  And if current trends continue the year will close with it being the safest year in NYC for -  about 50 years!

Erica Ford of Southeast Queens (left) and Ieshua Sekou of Upper Harlem (lower right) are
leaders of 2 different stop the violence and increase the peace type organizations 

Russell Simmons, DMX, and Erica Ford Meditate With Southeast Queens Young People To End Violence

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By Dujon Ricks and Kamau Austin

Russell Simmons, DMX, Erica Ford With Queens Students at Anti-Violence Event

Hollis native and hip hop pioneer Russell Simmons, rapper DMX, and Erica Ford, who we call the Southeast Queens "Queen of Peace," visited a South Jamaica school Thursday to encourage teens to stay out of trouble — with the hip-hop entrepreneur kneeling down to meditate with hundreds of students as part of an anti-violence event.

The two celebs and the Peace Queen, met with about 800 local students ranging in age from 11 through 13 at Catherine and Count Basie Middle School 72 in Southeast Queens, where despite recent decrease in crime, gangs and illegal guns still mar the area.

9 Outstanding People In Southeast Queens Inspiring Hope and Making A Difference Our Community

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Southeast Queens is known for its outstanding residents especially in fields like jazz, hip hop, business, politics, and sports.  Standouts in these fields like Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Lena Horne, Count Basie, John Coltrane, LL Cool J, 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Russell Simmons, Nicki Minaj, and Daymond John are just a small slice of the successful celebrities from the area.

The area is also known for great intellectuals activists like Roy Wilkins and W. E. B. DuBois.  However, the Greater Jamaica and Southeast Queens area is still the home community that cultivates greatness beyond well known luminaires.  There are community members making a difference without a lot of fanfare.

There are countless hardworking and positive people in Southeast Queens.  The following persons are an example of the amazing and inspiring people who make Southeast Queens a great community.