Members of 518 SNUG work directly with youth and young adults to give them alternatives to violence. Saturday, organizers held a job fair to help keep the community engaged.

People ages 15 to 30 years old lined up to meet prospective employers and gain valuable resources.

"Idle time is the devil’s playground, so we wanted to get the youth involved and give them some opportunities," said 518 SNUG Director Jerome Brown.

“We are out here to show them you don’t have to do that, you can do this,” added co-organizer Takeem Bradley.

At another event in Malcolm X Park, organizers from Albany’s House of Peace have been on a mission to stop gun violence in the city.

“I walk this whole entire street at night seeing who I can help and if I can help somebody, or stop a fight,” said community activist Joaquim Monger.

Joaquim and others hold "Cease-Fire" rallies every Thursday and Saturday in the park after summer violence began to rise. The last event of the afternoon was at the Arbor Hill Sports Complex. Organizer Amy Jones capped held a laid back community get-together.

“We’ve been marching and we’ve been protesting, and it was time for us to take a collective breath as a community,” said Jones.

Each organizer is working to serve their city in different ways to address the number one problem that many say leads to violence in Albany.

“We knew we had to impact the youth that is doing all the violence, because they have nothing else to do,” said Brown.