Praying for a safe school year
Ahead of the start of the new school year Rally Up Winston-Salem held a back-to-school prayer and march.
Leading up to the start of the 2022-2023 school year, dozens of nonprofits, businesses and other organizations held school supplies and book bag giveaways for local students. Instead of opting for the norm, Rally Up Winston-Salem invited the community to come together and pray for local students before the start of the new school year.
On Sunday, Aug. 28, the grassroots organization geared toward ending street and gang violence, held a back-to-school prayer and march. After gathering for prayer near the corner of Liberty and 25th Streets, the group marched through Cleveland Avenue Homes, spreading words of encouragement and calling for an end to violence.
When discussing the event, Corey McCann, co-founder of Rally Up Winston-Salem, said they felt it was necessary to come together and pray for a safe and prosperous school year for every student in the local school district.
“We see so many times in our community, we do these back-to-school backpack drives, back-to-school supply drives … and while that is necessary, especially for our children in low income areas and our Title I schools, that’s not the holistic thing. We want to send our children back to school holistically complete,” McCann said.
“We want to touch their minds, we want to touch their spirits.”
