The annual number of homicides in Baltimore surpassed 300 for each year from 2015 to 2020. Young people have been at the forefront of the city’s violence. On this month’s episode of Future City, a rebroadcast from 2019, we discuss violence in Baltimore, how it affects young people in particular, and efforts to end cycles of retaliatory homicide through violence interruption. We also listen back to an interview with anti-violence activist Dante Barksdale, who was murdered earlier this year in Baltimore.

The annual number of homicides in Baltimore surpassed 300 for each year from 2015 to 2020. Young people have been at the forefront of the city&rsquo;s violence. On this month&rsquo;s episode of Future City, a rebroadcast from 2019, we discuss violence in Baltimore, how it affects young people in particular, and efforts to end cycles of retaliatory homicide through violence interruption. We also listen back to an interview with anti-violence activist Dante Barksdale, who was murdered earlier this year in Baltimore.

It's easy to talk about what's wrong in Baltimore. The challenge is to talk about what's next. In each episode, Wes looks at innovative ideas that are working in other cities, places like Cincinnati, St Louis, and Detroit. And he asks the question: Can those ideas work for Baltimore? This program is made possible by Genine and Josh Fidler, and supported by the Baltimore Community Foundation, created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the region they love a better place, today and for future generations.

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Future City is a monthly show that explores innovative approaches to Baltimore’s most pressing issues and where we move the conversation from “what’s wrong?” to “what’s next?”

Future City is made possible with grant funding from McCormick & Company.

Future City is produced by Mark Gunnery. It was formerly hosted by Wes Moore.

Future City is a monthly show that explores innovative approaches to Baltimore&rsquo;s most pressing issues and where we move the conversation from &ldquo;what&rsquo;s wrong?&rdquo; to &ldquo;what&rsquo;s next?&rdquo;
Future City is made possible with grant funding from McCormick &amp; Company.
Future City is produced by Mark Gunnery. It was formerly hosted by Wes Moore.

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