Family Fun Day designed to give families safe space from violence

It was a great Saturday afternoon to be in Ashland Square Park for the Family Fun Day hosted by the East 23rd Street PAC Neighborhood Association.

It was impossible to miss the amount of smiles, laughing and dancing going on.

"We have a clothing giveaway, well have bounce houses, slides, Kona will come and give the kids ice cream," Charlonda Riley said.

Riley is the Vice President of the East 23rd Street PAC Neighborhood Association.

"We were already doing, but its like how can we make a difference, how can we bring about a change," Riley said. "And this was the very first event that we did, to come together in unity to try and start to implement that safe space for our community, that safe space for our children."

Riley's grandmother and mother have worked hard on making this Family