BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) In response to a teenager's letter, Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen sponsored a resolution to name a street in Buffalo \"Black Lives Matter.\"<\/p>\n
Mekhi Edwards, a 17-year-old student at Frederick Law Olmsted School, wrote the letter suggesting that young people in the city come together and paint \"Black Lives Matter\" on a street. The letter reads as follows:<\/p>\n
Mekhi Edwards<\/p>\n
On June 23, the resolution went before the council and each member voted yes to move forward with the resolution.<\/p>\n
In addition to renaming a street or section of street, the resolution would also name Mekhi Edwards Honorary Youth Chairperson of the project.<\/p>\n
The common council has created a survey which can be found here, to collect the opinions of City of Buffalo residents to help decide the location of Black Lives Matter Street.<\/p>\n
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