In the storefront window on Van Siclen Avenue, an electronic sign shows a running total of how long it has been since the last shooting took place in an area of roughly 20 square blocks in East New York, Brooklyn.
As of Thursday afternoon, the sign read:
363 Days No Shootings No Killings.
This week one year ago, a neighborhood development organization, Man Up!, began to send people into the streets to figure out where the violence was going next so they could hit the pause button. Mediate. Listen. Talk.
via No Shootings or Killings for 363 Days, but the Fight Is Far From Over - NYTimes.com