On Friday, May 1, a host of community groups and elected officials held a press conference to announce the fourth annual Boston Peace Month. Speakers talked about how this might be the last year given the way government and private funders have cut support for the violence prevention programs. Underscoring this fear, the House of Representatives cut Department of Public Health funding for violence prevention from the FY10 budget that same day.



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