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Good morning from MJ at Chalkbeat Indiana! First, a big thank you to everyone who attended our panel discussion at the Indiana Historical Society last night. I hope you had a great time and learned something new.

Today’s top story comes from our partners at The Trace. At a youth-led violence summit in Fort Wayne, high school students described shootings that have shaped their lives, and they challenged community leaders to do more. Read it here.

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