OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A former Oklahoman has relaunched an awareness campaign to talk about youth violence and how to prevent it.

"My mission statement is 'make the problem loud, but make the solution louder,'" said Roger Frankling, organizer of Action Center Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City is no stranger to initiatives to prevent youth violence.

Earlier this year a number of deaths among young people prompted local leaders to bring back the 'In by 10' initiative.

Now, Roger Franklin has doubled down on youth violence by inviting Oklahomans to simply start a conversation.

"So conversating gives everybody a chance to understand where we are, and then we come up with a solution to that problem. So if we're not conversing about it, then we're not really aiming to fix it," said Franklin.

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