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Shonna Majors Talks New Role As Indianapolis Director Of Community Violence Reduction

By Drew Daudelin
Published August 2, 2018 at 12:00 AM EDT
Shonna Majors will hire and oversee local activists called Indy Peacemakers, and distribute grant money to organizations that promote violence reduction programming.
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Shonna Majors will hire and oversee local activists called Indy Peacemakers, and distribute grant money to organizations that promote violence reduction programming.

Last month Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the city’s first Director of Community Violence Reduction, along with a grant program to fund local anti-crime efforts.

WFYI’s Drew Daudelin sat down with Shonna Majors to talk about her new role.
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Drew Daudelin is the managing digital editor at WFYI. In his previous roles as a reporter and producer he covered poverty, politics and city government, produced award-winning feature stories for local and national markets, and led the statewide daily talk show All IN.
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