‘A great, great day.’ Lexington gives 15 grants to groups focused on youth, non-violence

Elisha Mutyongwa moved to Lexington more than a decade ago from the Congo. Three years ago he started the Marafiki Center, a center for African refugee teens and youth, because there were so many concerns African refugee teens faced Mutyongwa also struggled with as a teenager. How would he fit in? How would he keep his African identity? “Many of these refugees are coming from African countries because of gun violence,” Mutyongwa said. “Then they come here and have also experienced gun violence.” Mutyongwa said he recently had to help...