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English: A volunteer force proved to be a success in keeping uptown Charlotte safe during 4th of July festivities. The groups "Men Who Care Global" and "Church Men for Change" encouraged up to 600 people, mainly African-American men, to help patrol Center City on July 4, 2011

City of Charlotte – Mayor Pro Tem, Patrick Cannon denotes the project as being a huge success and he indicates that this is just the beginning, He explains the race has just begun and encourages others to join for future endeavors.” “We went from 70 arrests at the last uptown special event just a few weeks ago to only 3-4 at this one. It was a huge success and we were well received.” stated Mr. Cannon.

Bryan O’Quinn, an entertainer and a local business consultant, who joined the Men Who Care Global project insisting that a change, would come about. “I joined hundreds of other black men who also saw both the importance and necessity to be there unified,” Mr. O’Quinn explains that a group called Men Who Care Global asked African-American men to unite over the holiday weekend to help keep our uptown celebrations free of violence. The undertaking proved to be very successful as there were no outstanding violent occurrences “Young people need to be shown that there is a better way to exist, many just do not have hope towards a better way , in this instance we (Men Who Care) were the light.” said O’Quinn."