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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Miami-Dade students hold rallies, marches against community violence


'We're marching so we can show our neighborhood that the young and old can come together and make a difference,'' said Talija Harris, a fifth-grader who participated in a rally near her school last month. ``The violence needs to stop.''


An army of enthusiastic children from Edison Park Elementary School marched down the streets surrounding their school in Liberty City with calls to stop the violence that is plaguing youths in the area.

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