In memory of El-I-Meek Rouse

Together we can stop the violence

Violence makes neighborhoods & communities unsafe. It affects how the community functions. Rouse, a 25-year-old Albany native, was gunned down two years ago outside his home at Albany's Ida Yarborough apartments. Rouse was a good kid; he didn’t run the streets and had a good head on his shoulders. As a teen, Rouse was a promising football and basketball player for Troy High School. The violence that is happening in our community and neighborhood does not only affect the family and friends of the victim and murderer, but the whole community. Rouse's case remains unsolved.

Photos by the Albany Youth Peace Initiative; caption by QC, age 14