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Prayer Vigils for Two
homicide victims today

This morning I went on a prayer vigil for two homicide victims in Milwaukee. I had not been to earlier ones this year but had sensed it has been a bad month. Sister Rose told me this morning that the two we were praying for were the 9th and 10th homicide victims and there had been one last night bringing the total to 11 victims. Today I heard on the news that there were two more homicide victims of a stabbing, one a five month old baby.

Upon request from Mothers Against Gun Violence I was updated their web site to add a list for 2015 victims. We have already 13 in January where, according to the 2014 list, we had only four the whole month of January.

A friend on her way to prison for entering a drone missile base made a comment that got me thinking of the connection between killer drones and violence in our country. Also yesterday I read an article in the New York Times How expensive it is to be poor. The article gives specific evidence of something I have been saying for awhile, that the poorer people become, as is happening in our nation, the harder life becomes.

Today I was directed to a research site on poverty showing how Poverty and Crime are tied together in a vicious circle. The article talks about issues related to poverty, unemployment, poor housing and education system, mass incarceration of citizens, contributing to violence. If we look at demographic MAPS of Milwaukee we discover two areas, North Central Milwaukee and South Central Milwaukee have highest rates of unemployment, poor housing and education system as well as the two most racially segregated neighborhoods of the city are the two poorest area and the areas were violent crime is prevalent. Although it cost society less to give a person ten years of education than keep a person in prison for life we still continue to make it harder for a person to be poor.

Getting a job for a young African male after serving time in prison is nearly impossible. Being a poor, black or Hispanic young adult, unemployed male with a poor education present an environment that encourages violence.

After the murders today the Mayor said how incongruous it sounded to tell people that killing is wrong. He is right but as long as we do not deal with conditions of violence, poverty, unemployment, mass incarceration, poor education the vicious cycle of poverty and violence will continue.

We cannot change people by simply telling them Not to do something but we can change our environment where it not so hard to be poor and easier not to be violent.

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