Stopping violence requires more than just rallies and conversation. It requires hands-on grassroots efforts and funding. We challenge you to help us change the city we love for the better.
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Stopping violence requires more than just rallies and conversation. It requires hands-on grassroots efforts and funding. We challenge you to help us change the city we love for the better.
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ROCHESTER, NY Christopher “C-Snake Boogie” Jones liked sports and girls. He was quiet, the youngest of four boys, but on Nov. 17, 2007, he went from being an ordinary 16-year-old to a statistic the 52nd homicide victim in the Rochester region for the year, when he was gunned down outside his home.
On (what would have been) Chris’ 17th birthday in 2008, his mother, Sirena Cotton, put together the first “Peace for Chris Fest and all victims of violence.”
Cotton has sent organized a peace festival each year, renaming it “Roc the Peace,” to honor victims of any type of inner-city violence. The event seeks to impede the continual slaughter on Rochester’s relentless streets.“
Roc the Peace” will takes place each year, typically in July at Rochester’s Jones Square Park. It features a variety of speakers and entertainment, all with one thought in mind: stopping violence in Rochester, New York.
Hello everyone,
My name is Sirena Cotton. On 11/17/2007, my son Christopher “C-Snake Boogie” Jones was the victim of a senseless act of violence. Chris was the 52nd Homicide victim of 2007. There were 58 Homicides that year. July 23rd, 2008 Chris would have turned 17. So for his B-day I decided to not only celebrate Chris’ life, but to hold a Peace Fest in his honor; as well as for other victims of violence. It was called “Peace for Chris Fest and all victims of violence”. Senator Robach was the key note speaker.
Since then Tone Williams and myself decided to organize another “Peace Fest” to honor all victims of all types of violence. We also changed the name to reflect the victims of our city of Rochester NY. It is now called “Roc the Peace”.
"Choose Peace,
Stop the violence!"
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