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In the past couple weeks I’ve noticed that there has been a lot of violence in different communities all across Pennsylvania. There’s gun violence, drug activity, and murders being committed every day. All of these things that happen affect the children, teens, and young adults. That’s why I want to improve every community that can’t afford or are the most affected by these things.
Imagine, having cool centers to help kids with schooling, finding jobs, and helping them with life problems. I believe if we get kids off the street and teach them how important succeeding in life was crime rate might just go down. We could prevent school shooting and suicides in schools if we provided good quality counseling to those who need it. This center would
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