SitemapORCHID: To the organizers and participants of the March for Justice event in Youngstown to protest the senseless killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25. The protesters were able to express their anger and outrage over the treatment of African-Americans by police in the U.S. peacefully without the violence and looting that have happened at other protests in cities across the country.
ONION: To the people who decided it was a good idea to bust windows at the Choffin Career and Technical Center and United Way of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley during what were otherwise peaceful protests Sunday in Youngstown.
ORCHID: To Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. for raising the $20,000 needed to renovate a former monastery on Youngstown’s South Side into a public meeting place. In fact, officials surpassed the goal, raising $21,286 as of earlier this week. The building will be transformed into a place for neighborhood groups and other organizations to meet at no cost.
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