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November 12, 2023 by Connie Lawson

High Point continues to grow and HPCAV participates in a variety of community events, consistently presenting our message and inviting everyone to be a part of making High Point safer.

This fall, we had the privilege of talking with Representative Kathy Manning, U.S. House, about gun violence in our area. Chief Stroud, HPCAV members and representatives of other youth-serving organizations participated.

The City’s annual Trunk or Treat event and High Point Police Department’s Community Day brought hundreds of families by our booth, enabling us to share our message with lots of new people.

Most recently we were honored to be a part of a gun violence panel held by the student chapter of the NAACP on High Point University’s campus. It was an evening of thoughtful and hopeful conversation with some of our future leaders.

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Meet Elise Coby, a junior at High Point University (HPU), pictured here with Gretta Bush, our Board President and Jim Summey, our Executive Director. Her Persuasive Speaking class required her to give a “Speech of Advocacy”. Realizing domestic/partner violence and violence in general were issues of concern to her, Elise researched local organizations and chose HPCAV as the subject for her speech project. She excelled in her presentation and was awarded first place. She took it a step further and created a crowd funding campaign, raising $765 for our organization.

Elise, we are very grateful for your support and your advocacy for HPCAV on campus and beyond!

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