Wake-up Wednesdays hit their 100th consecutive week combatting violence in Hartford

Wake-up Wednesdays hit their 100th consecutive week combatting violence in Hartford

After a string of murders in the Barbour Street area in Hartford during the summer of 2023, the NAACP came up with the idea of “Wake Up Wednesdays.” Randall Swift, a member of the NAACP Greater Hartford branch, said it’s a way for the community to come together and fight back against violence in their neighborhood. “One hundred consecutive weeks,...