Campaign Updates As of October 2005
July 2, 2005
- Christopher Rose killed in Brooklyn over a friend’s
Ipod.
July 8, 2005 -
Funeral Service and Press Conference at Brooklyn Tabernacle Church
July 9, 2005
- Burial for Christopher Rose at Cypress Hills Cemetery
July 14,
2005 - First Meeting of the Family Coordinating
Committee to establish the Christopher
Rose Community Empowerment Campaign Initiative.
August 8,
2005 - Post Humus Community Service Award presented by NYC
City Council
August 11,
2005 - Members of the Christopher Rose Campaign marched with Danny
King’s Youth Against Violence Movement
in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
August 10, 2005 - Interview by
CNN as follow up to Christopher’s death and planned Community Initiative
August 15, 2005 - Interview by BCAT’s
Channel 69 regarding Campaign Initiative activities
August 18, 2005 - First Community
Meeting held in East Flatbush
August 27,
2005 - First Community Memorial Event held in Bushkill, PA
September
24, 2005 - Community March Against Youth Violence held in Brooklyn
October 24,
2005 - First Community Steering Committee Meeting held in Brooklyn
Interview
by news 12 re: another 16 yr old stabbed by gang in East Flatbush
December
2, 2005 - “Neighborhood Meet and Greet” scheduled in Brooklyn as part
of the Community
Awareness Component (CAMERA)