"I don't want people rocking a T-shirt of my life," Nashville teen Kamerynn Woodland said at an anti-violence event in October. He got involved with Nashville Peacemakers after a friend was killed.
Nashville is experimenting with a new funding model to support community groups working to prevent violence.
Seventeen-year-old Kamerynn Woodland recently got involved with one of those organizations, Nashville Peacemakers, because he was afraid he could be the next gunshot victim. Now, the teen says he’s focused on graduating high school and joining the Army.
WPLN’s Samantha Max spoke with him at an anti-violence event last month. Click the play button above to hear his story.
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