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Metro Philadelphia: Philly teens create gun violence PSAs for pitch contest

By JACK TOMCZUK

Several teams of Philadelphia teenagers gave presentations Monday and shared videos they produced about the danger of guns as part of a pitch competition.

The winning submission – created by a group from Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout, known as YEAH Philly – will be incorporated into a nationwide social media campaign, organizers said.

All of the teams included young people who have lost relatives in a shooting.

“Anytime I want to go to a basketball court, I have fear in the back of my mind that, ‘Oh, I may be shot this day,’” Zarway Kar, 15, of West Philadelphia, said while showing a comic he made about a simple argument escalating to gunfire.

Read more: https://metrophiladelphia.com/teens-gun-violence-psas-pitch-contest/

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