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United Way of Dane County invests in community impacted by gun violence

  • By Tyler Peters
    Published: Jun. 13, 2024 at 10:41 PM CDT

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A Dane County organization is investing $25,000 into a Madison east side community impacted by gun violence.

The money is being granted by United Way of Dane County (UWDC) to grassroots organizations working with the Harmony Apartments neighborhood to create change.

“It’s very important to not rush the process and allow them to feel whatever it is that they may be feeling,” grant recipient Myesha Thompson said.

Thompson wants to serve the Harmony Apartments community the right way. Those who lived in the neighborhood have been through a pair of homicides over the last year, resulting in the loss of Devon Grant and Kyesha Miller.

“Whether or not if it’s sadness, grief, anger, they are entitled to their emotions. They are entitled to their opinions about how the community, the people in our community, is responding,” Thompson said.

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