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‘Call to Action’ launches $50K Youth Network drive

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Ameaka Lockhart, right, instructor of a dance team for girls, speaks up, calling for more free activities for Statesboro's youth. Stacy Smallwood, Ph.D., left, helped facilitate the Call to Action meeting, and SPD Chief Mike Broadhead, seated left foreground, was one of several police officers who attended. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Call to Action meeting — Ameaka Lockhart, right, instructor of a dance team for girls, speaks up, calling for more free activities for Statesboro's youth. Stacy Smallwood, Ph.D., left, helped facilitate the Call to Action meeting, and SPD Chief Mike Broadhead, seated left foreground, was one of several police officers who attended. (AL HACKLE/staff)

A "Call to Action" meeting prompted by the shooting death of a Statesboro teenager launched a fundraising drive for $50,000 to back activities for children and teens and requested volunteers for a growing list of existing programs.

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