Gathering fosters positive attitude for neighborhood

The Enquirer/Glenn Hartong. Participants in the One Hundred Male March head down East McMillan Street on Sunday morning. Several groups marched in various parts of Cincinnati.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer:

Only about a third of the expected 100 participants turned out Sunday morning for the One Hundred Male March. But that did not dampen the enthusiasm of participants. About 30 men, teenagers and boys gathered on East McMillan Street for prayer, song and brotherhood.

"The numbers don't matter. We're here doing what we're supposed to do," said Milton Trice III, a member of Ammons United Methodist Church, which helped organize the event. The march was the second of its kind in the neighborhood, which logged 813 crimes - including five homicides - between January and September, according to Cincinnati police statistics. The neighborhood accounts for about 21 percent of the total crimes in the city. It's murder rate is topped only by Avondale with eight, and Over-the-Rhine, with seven, and ties Bond Hill, according to police statistics.