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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – The nonprofit, non-partisan group Common Ground held an event announcing two new campaigns encouraging safety and renters' rights at American Serb Hall on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Leaders with the organization spoke in front of a crowd with more than 800 people. Speakers shared stories of violence they’ve experienced in the area.

“I used to live on 14th and Roger,” said José González, a St. Hyacinth parishioner. “We moved after five gunshots from the drug house across the street went through our porch, two walls, and entered my 11-year-old son’s room. I’ve never felt so powerless and scared as a father.”

“I stand in my front yard and I can actually hear bullets on one side of the street and bullets on the other side of the street,” said Stephanie Newsom of Lamb of G

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