A group of men help people walk home [View all]
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Theres no monetary gain, or political affiliation with the men of We Make Us Better the only agenda they have is simply to do whats right. In response to a string of muggings and robberies, once a week these homegrown Bed-Stuy men walk pedestrians home from the Utica Avenue train station. The idea for the group came after 41 year old Richard Beavers received a call in the middle of the night from a friend who had been robbed.
She was on her way home, came out of the Utica Ave. A train station and made it onto her block when a group of young males approached her and robbed her, recalled Beavers to The New York Daily News. I decided we cant have these people terrorizing our young women and children, and were not speaking up and making our presence felt.
Beavers then enlisted the help of co-founder Thomas Simms and 35-year-old Kareem Varlack. They took on the name We Make Us Better in hopes to impart wisdom to other young black men in the neighborhood.
Were about encouraging males to be involved, because you dont see men in their 20s, 30s and 40s involved in the community anymore, so were trying to bridge that gap.
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