Brother Lyle Muhammad

So this is really having an implosion effect across America.

Exactly. Yeah, exactly how that went down. We literally received an email last Tuesday on the 22nd at 535 p.m. that notified of the termination. Literally, the faucet was cut off. We couldn't even go and get reimbursed for monies and programs that have already been spent. Literally, they sent it after business hours.

Exactly. Yeah, exactly how that went down. We literally received an email last Tuesday on the 22nd at 535 p.m. that notified of the termination. Literally, the faucet was cut off. We couldn't even go and get reimbursed for monies and programs that have already been spent. Literally, they sent it after business hours.

Now, mind you, most organizations like ours, they begin their payroll drawdown processes on the Wednesday. So this was direct and this was intentional.

Now, mind you, most organizations like ours, they begin their payroll drawdown processes on the Wednesday. So this was direct and this was intentional.

Excellent, man. Tell you, the first thing that had to come to my mind is, am I going to be able to make payroll this week? And then the second thing that came to my mind is, how many people are we going to have to lay off? And then the visualization started coming to my mind, like our peacemakers who stopped a young person on the street from cutting himself with a razor after school.

Excellent, man. Tell you, the first thing that had to come to my mind is, am I going to be able to make payroll this week? And then the second thing that came to my mind is, how many people are we going to have to lay off? And then the visualization started coming to my mind, like our peacemakers who stopped a young person on the street from cutting himself with a razor after school.

Like our peacemakers that do boots on the ground literally help people put guns away and stop gunplay. I'm talking about people who work with foster care youth that are in crisis management situations on a daily basis. I'm talking about people who are coming home from prison and need reentry support. All of that stops. So the bottom line is when funding

Like our peacemakers that do boots on the ground literally help people put guns away and stop gunplay. I'm talking about people who work with foster care youth that are in crisis management situations on a daily basis. I'm talking about people who are coming home from prison and need reentry support. All of that stops. So the bottom line is when funding

goes down for gun violence, then death and homicides increases. And we have been responsible for the largest decrease in gun violence in the history of Miami-Dade and Miami-Dade County. We can prove that.

goes down for gun violence, then death and homicides increases. And we have been responsible for the largest decrease in gun violence in the history of Miami-Dade and Miami-Dade County. We can prove that.

See, I can tell you off rip. while we as an organization already, because of the immediate termination, have suffered a more than $600,000 loss, Miami-Dade is about to lose millions of dollars of national organizations that were also cut, pouring money into our work to expand it from one end of the county to another. Another thing that's critical for us is another slap in the face.

See, I can tell you off rip. while we as an organization already, because of the immediate termination, have suffered a more than $600,000 loss, Miami-Dade is about to lose millions of dollars of national organizations that were also cut, pouring money into our work to expand it from one end of the county to another. Another thing that's critical for us is another slap in the face.

We remember the term essential workers during COVID. Would they lay off doctors and nurses right in the middle of a COVID crisis? So you're telling me that our employees are not essential workers? So for us, this is a line being drawn in the sand. So when I say a line being drawn in the sand, you're going to see no more business as usual.

We remember the term essential workers during COVID. Would they lay off doctors and nurses right in the middle of a COVID crisis? So you're telling me that our employees are not essential workers? So for us, this is a line being drawn in the sand. So when I say a line being drawn in the sand, you're going to see no more business as usual.

We're not going to reveal everything that you're going to see taking place. But this is going to cause a massive call of our people to wake up. up until that violence or that economic situation hits their doorstep. Like you said, this is serious and it's taking place not just here, but across the country and all at the same time. Dangerous.

We're not going to reveal everything that you're going to see taking place. But this is going to cause a massive call of our people to wake up. up until that violence or that economic situation hits their doorstep. Like you said, this is serious and it's taking place not just here, but across the country and all at the same time. Dangerous.

Nobody stands in this particular gap. Nobody. It's going to be interesting to see as well how our local politicians respond to this as well, because, again, nobody stands in the gap. And so when these homicide rates, these suicide rates, when these fights in schools and neighborhoods, when this stuff happens,

Nobody stands in this particular gap. Nobody. It's going to be interesting to see as well how our local politicians respond to this as well, because, again, nobody stands in the gap. And so when these homicide rates, these suicide rates, when these fights in schools and neighborhoods, when this stuff happens,

Look, we talk about surviving from riots in the past, surviving from pandemics in the past. This actually is inducing a pandemic.