Jersey City Together is calling on Jersey City leaders to establish the mental health crisis response program that it has been promising for years.

The multi-faith advocacy group will host a commemorative service at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 75 Claremont Ave., 10:30 a.m. to noon, in tribute to George Floyd, Najee Seabrooks and Andrew Washington of Jersey City, who were all killed by police officers.

The need for a program that utilizes mental health professionals along with police officers in calls involving people experiencing mental health episodes became urgent in August 2023 after Washington was shot by police inside his apartment. Seabrooks was shot by Paterson police and George Floyd was died at the hands of police in Minnesota during an arrest.