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.
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