My son was murdered exactly six years ago to date. Every year, I am reminded that the title “reluctant activist” is painfully accurate.
This year, today comes just two months before I will fight for my son’s legacy in Congress - but it does not make the pain any less.
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This year, today comes just two months before I will fight for my son’s legacy in Congress - but it does not make the pain any less.
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I know that I have been called to fight for change.
Because on the very same day I lost my son, there were 95 OTHER families in this country learning they, too, lost a loved one to gun violence.
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Because on the very same day I lost my son, there were 95 OTHER families in this country learning they, too, lost a loved one to gun violence.
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On the day after I lost my son to gun violence, 96 families learned what I did the day before - they, too, lost a loved one to gun violence.
And since my son’s murder, almost 220,000 families have lost a loved one to gun violence.
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And since my son’s murder, almost 220,000 families have lost a loved one to gun violence.
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This is why my work is not over, but just beginning. My life’s work will only end when American families have the basic security of safety.
Until then, I will always be a mother on a mission.
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Until then, I will always be a mother on a mission.
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