{"id":163436,"date":"2026-02-21T03:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163436\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T03:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:03:12","slug":"jacksonville-urban-league-hosts-forum-on-youth-gun-violence-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163436\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Urban League hosts forum on youth gun violence prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7a2b11ca5e41e0333b7cb11f179fa6a3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Friday evening, mental health professionals, law enforcement officials and community leaders came together to talk about the impacts of mental health on teen gun violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The conversation was part of a Community Police Relations Forum hosted by the Jacksonville Urban League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It happened at the Florida Barber Institute, which offered free haircuts to teens who came.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&gt;&gt;&gt; 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