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...After facing criticism from students saying he has done too little to counter black-on-black crime, Patrick invited seven Harvard undergrads and more than 20 other students and community leaders from the Boston area to the state house...
...According to students and a University of Massachusetts professor who attended the meeting, the governor pledged to develop a comprehensive strategy to fight crime and to commit resources to after-school jobs for teenagers, staffing for community centers, and job-training for young adults...
...meeting, the BSA partnered with the Harvard Black Men’s Forum and Operation Greensboro, a high school anti-violence group, to demand that Patrick commit $50 million to crime prevention in the six most violent Massachusetts cities...
...Nonetheless, Rivers said he was pleased with Friday’s meeting, and described Patrick’s promises as a good first step toward a better policy for fighting violent crime...
...said the governor has informally agreed to speak at Harvard in December to outline his strategy for fighting crime. She added that the BSA also plans to conduct a February poll of high-school students to collect their views of black-on-black violence and to present a report in April evaluating Patrick’s progress on crime prevention...