WLRN Public Media | By Amelia Orjuela Da Silva | Miami Times

This week, more than 100 community members brought awareness to a major budget shortfall in the Miami-based Circle of Brotherhood’s gun violence prevention programs.

Standing outside the Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Social-Economic Institute, home to the nonprofit, supporters rallied against the federal government’s sudden funding termination for COB’s work — cuts they say could shut down the organization entirely.

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On April 22, the Circle of Brotherhood (COB) and 364 other community-based organizations nationwide received notice from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that their federal grant funding would be terminated immediately, disrupting their operations on gun violence prevention programs and crime-victim advocacy. According to the letter, the canceled awards “no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities.”

This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org