Charge addressed how the organization is working to prevent violence and reduce recidivism rates. While Mothers in Charge is known supporting grieving families during vigils, the organization also offers anger management and grief support programs.
“There’s no words that can describe the pain that you feel when you have to bury a loved one due to violence but it’s a pain that we live with every single day and despite that pain, we work every single day to make a difference,” Johnson-Speight said.
Read the full report at The Philadelphia Tribune: Stories of loss at council hearing on gun violence