Cody Young Empowerment Youth Charities hosts a Stop the Violence 5K [Video]

BALTIMORE — A chance to provide a new outlook on life—that is what Cody Young Empowerment Youth Charities hopes to achieve for the young people in Baltimore City.

On Saturday, the organization joined community activists to host a Stop the Violence 5K at Druid Hill Park. The goal? To change the trajectory of homicides in the city.

Shaymaine Davis has grown up in the city all her life. She says without events like these allow young people opportunities to look beyond the options available to them.

“Growing up in Baltimore City and being encountered with different street activity and other opportunities that are not the most favorable, sometimes they [the youth] may not see they have other choices in order to generate income or provide for their families, said Davis.

Davis continued. “So, sometimes you feel like you’re kind of forced into a situation. So, with this [the program], we …