Fred Phillips, right, founder of Men Standing Up Against Violence, and Charles K. Evans share a fist bump on Thursday, July 2 in Hartford. Phillips said that other COVID-19 supply giveaways have been hosted in locations that are hard for community members to reach. If an elderly person needs someone to help mow their lawn, they’ll call someone from Men Standing Up. It’s something that Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody said is an essential complement to policing in the city’s higher-crime areas. From left to right: Hartford Hospital nurse Marlene Harris, Hartford Police Officer Jaquan Samuels, Men Standing Up members George “Shorty” Davis, Fred Phillips and Joseph Pina.