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Article: Pa. Sec'y of Health says violence is public health concern
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- October 11, 1994
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M.J. McCollum
Philadelphia Tribune, The
10-11-1994
Pa. Sec'y of Health says violence is public health concern.
By M.J. McCollum
Tribune Staff
In an effort to find solutions to the growing drug and violence problem in African-American communities, criminal justice experts gathered at St. Joseph's University to participate in the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice conference.
Deputy Mayor John Wilder, Sheriff John Green, Deputy Health Commissioner Lawrence Robinson, Judge Levan Gordan and State Rep. Vince Hughes joined social workers, drug addiction counselors, doctors, and school principals as they examined the violence in society.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Allen ...