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Mar 16, 2019
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." --Hippocrates
Family Is Helping Others to Heal
Oscar Grant III was an unarmed Black man killed by a police officer in Oakland, Calif., years before Black Lives Matter drew national attention to the growing number of unarmed Black men, women and children who die at the hands of law enforcement officers what some scholars are calling an epidemic.Jan. 1 marked 10 years since the 22-year-old father was fatally shot by the Bay Area Regional Transit officer in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.In the decade since his tragic death, Grant's family has helped to create a police citizen review board of BART, established a foundation, and launched a campaign to not only help bridge the gap between police and the community, but also to build a nationwide network of families affected by such violence. Read on to see how one family is using their tragedy to help others heal.
BE THE CHANGE
Is there a way to turn a tragedy you have suffered into an opportunity for healing in your community? Perhaps by joining together with others who have experienced a similar loss?
