By Kathy Wray Coleman, publisher, editor-n-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) (pictured), a Warrensville Hts Democrat who is also president of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Wednesday commended President Obama for presenting a series of executive and legislative initiatives that she says would strengthen gun laws and improve delivery of mental health services to reduce the loss of life due to gun violence.
“It is clear the culture of violence is an American epidemic," said Fudge, whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes the east side of the majority Black major metropolitan city of Cleveland and a largely Black pocket of Akron, a city some 35 miles south of Cleveland that is roughly a third Black. "It is time for us to face the music. We are complicit in the violence that takes place in our nation if we fail to strengthen our gun laws, fail to invest more resources in our mental health services, and fail to address the issue of bullying."
The president, the first Black to lead the United States of America, unveiled his bold gun control initiatives at a press conference at the White House Wednesday afternoon.
By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper
