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District attorney hoops for peace and positivity

Peace tourney bridges neighborhood gaps

By Julian Benbow

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 24, 2012

The aim of the district attorney Daniel Conley’s Basketball for Peace tournament was to find kids at pivotal ages and show them they have options even when they’re hard to see. The idea first sparked nine years ago with a soccer tournament for peace in response to a violent summer in 2003. In 2009, Conley brainstormed about a wintertime event during the idle time of February vacation. Now the tournament is in it’s fourth year.

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