Hundreds of people gathered for a day of serenity to honor families dealing with the aftermath of gun violence
“Our communities are becoming so inundated by gun violence that we are becoming desensitized to it and it’s not normal,” a woman said.How To See Flower Full Moon, Blood Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse Sunday Night In Philadelphia Region
Local leaders from more than 50 advocacy groups came together Sunday in West Philadelphia to help families facing the trauma of rising gun violence. “I’ve been doing funeral work for the last 15 years so just doing more and more young people’s funerals and it just become overwhelming,” Tone Barr with Philly United AS1 said.
A wall of colorful t-shirts had a powerful message, it represents every person killed in our city last year by an illegal firearm.READ MORE:Joanne Watts knows the unrepairable grief of losing a child, something she’s carried with her since 1996. “I had a daughter that was murdered, she was 17 years old and a 28-year-old man was trying to rape her and he shot her in the face,” Watts said.“We have to support each other and it has to start somewhere,” Watts said.“I hope they walk away with a sense of hope, I hope they that they feel supported.
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