My son, Walter, was just 21 years old when he was murdered. Our once peaceful neighborhood had erupted in a spree of senseless, mindless violence. Walter had gone to college. He had a stable job. He was a good kid. But none of that mattered. One day, he was shot down...
My daughter, Krystal Joy, was killed in 2004, caught in the crossfire of two gunmen while she was sitting in her car after pulling up to a gas pump. She was only 19. I've spent the past 17 years helping Black mothers deal with the grief of losing a child to senseless...
This is the first of a three-part series. The year 2020 will be remembered for the pandemic, social unrest and the presidential election. It should be remembered for the massive one-year spike in murders that robbed so many mothers of children. The Black Lives Matter...
Sylvia Bennett-Stone, who lost her daughter to gun violence in 2004, spoke out against the movement to defund the police on Friday, stating that she often wonders if her daughter would still be alive if police officers were there to help. "What if the police were...
About 17 years ago, I got that call in the middle of the night that every parent dreads. The caller ID said “University Hospital,” and immediately, I assumed something bad had happened to my 19-year-old daughter Krystal Joy. As I heard the voice on the phone, I first...
