***STATEMENT ALERT*** STELLA SCHWUCHOW; COMMUNITY ADVOCATE & CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR YONKERS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 6.
“10 TOO MANY.” YONKERS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR STUDENTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
Yesterday, the Yonkers Schools System held a “Day of Remembrance” in honor of 10 students. 10 empty chairs with a white rose. In the last two years, families in the City of Yonkers have lost too many young adults. “Substance abuse. Reckless driving by an adult. Mental illness. Childhood illness. Gun Violence.”
We as a community are all suffering in pain and it is heartbreaking to see so many young lives being lost in our City. As a former teacher working in the public school system, I am proud that Yonkers held this ceremony to help ease the pain and honor those who have lost their lives.
As a life-long Yonkers resident, graduate of Yonkers Public Schools and community leader running for political office, it is extremely important we have programs in place to talk about mental illness, gun violence, and all the problems we are all suffering from. We need to support our parents, teachers, children and everyone in our community because there is strength in unity.
Congressman Jamaal Bowman said it perfectly. It is our job as politicians and people in leadership positions to make sure we keep guns off the streets, to make sure to keep drugs off of our streets, to make sure we are doing everything in our power to protect our children and our young people. We shouldn't have to have events like this.
Moving forward, I believe it is important to fight for funding to support programs that support our community- mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. I promise to do so once elected into office. Yonkers, we are stronger together.
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Submitted by Campaign of Stella Schwuchow.
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