GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- The Greensboro community is trying to wrap their heads around the terrible start to the new year. “This happens so much. You never want to lose your humanity, become numb to it,” said Reverand CJ Brison from Greensboro. There have been three homicidess in Greensboro in the first five days of 2025. Gun violence prevention advocates tell FOX8 that it is going to take more than police to create change. Shakeem Latif Peterson-Brock, Darius Marquis Knight-Anderson and Zyon Clinton are the names of the three young men killed so far in 2025. All of them died under the age of 30 from gun violence in Greensboro. “It is disheartening. It’s very sad that we are losing lives at a rapid rate here in this local area,” Dr. Gene Blackmon said. He wants to stop the cycle through his organization Establishing Safe Cultures. “When it comes to violence, there is a cultural issue. We feel like when it comes to resolving issues, the culture is to be violent, so we understand that as a community, one thing we can do is shift that culture and provide things that can give an alternative,” Blackmon said. The organization goes into schools. We try to get them early between the ages of 7-12,” Blackmon said. The goal is to re-program, so this story isn’t set on repeat. “These issues are only getting worse ... That reality is becoming more apparent ... every single day,” Brinson said. They believe it’s a snowball effect. “Structural racism creates what we call condensed poverty, which leads to lack of hope and opportunity, and you add that with not having the tools to navigate through conflict, and you get violence,” Blackmon said. As they work on violence prevention, so does the Office of Community Safety at the Greensboro City Hall. “We have work to do,” Greensboro Office of Community Safety Manager Latisha McNeil said. On Jan. 2, the group hosted an event to denounce violence. During that event, a homicide took place across town. “There are people who are intervening immediately. They are going in, talking with community members, talking with family members, offering support to those families and really working to try to prevent any type of retaliatory violence," McNeil said. Greensboro police say two of the homicides do not have any updates or arrests at this time. But in the death of Knight-Anderson, a 16-year-old was arrested.