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Walk against violence is this Sunday in Springfield

The Rev. Lauren Holm is pastor of Bethesda Lutheran Church
Bethesda Lutheran Church
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The Rev. Lauren Holm is pastor of Bethesda Lutheran Church

A walk through the Mason Square area will remember people who have died violently in the city

With a wave of gun violence occurring across the country, a walk for nonviolence is taking place this Sunday in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This will be the eighth year of the event organized by Greater Springfield Campaign Nonviolence.

The walk in the Mason Square neighborhood begins at 2:30 p.m. at the Wesley United Methodist Church on State Street and will end back there about an hour later with a rally.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Rev. Lauren Holm, the pastor at Bethesda Lutheran Church, who is the head of the local campaign against violence.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.