Grieving mothers in Chicago have an angel in Octavia Mitchell, who is working to help them get over the pain of slain children.
Octavia Mitchell, whose son Izael Jackson was fatally wounded by Chicago police in 2010, stands in her apartment on June 18, 2021, with a copy of her son's etching used on his headstone.
The meeting of the moms was successful, and they embraced and shed tears, realizing the assignment was now preventing other mothers from experiencing the same dreadful pain.This Mother’s Day, Mitchell and Dedra Morris are revamping the celebration to focus on trying to help the mothers’ healing process.
This Sunday, Mitchell and Morris hope to have brunch together with at least 100 others who lost children to gun violence or COVID-19. Other attendees might also have lost mothers to violence or the virus.Lately, Mitchell is fully involved with the Heal Your Heart Foundation and addressing the long-lasting grief mothers have to grapple with until their death.Last year, an out-of-state attorney, Phillip Aaron, who agreed to take the Izael Jackson case for free, died of natural causes.
“The Illinois State Police refuse to speak with me, Kim Foxx wouldn’t call me back, and Mayor Lightfoot led me around for months until one day cold-bloodedly her clerk said she’s not meeting with you,” Mitchell said. “Am I not owed an explanation after my baby was shot in the back three times, and the DNA recovered at the scene went missing for years?”Octavia Mitchell does a head count before a trip for young people to Six Flags Great America on Aug.
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