How Mothers In Charge Supports Parents And Children Affected By Gun Violence

By Natasha Brown, CBS Philadelphia

December 19, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Several times a week, at the offices of Mothers in Charge, founder Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight welcomes family members to talk. Propped on shelves around the room are photos of people taken too soon. Many of them left behind children.

"I always say, it's definitely a family affair," Johnson-Speight said. "A lot of times, mothers get a lot of the attention. And sometimes the children are, we call them forgotten mourners."

Tonya McGlond's son Antoine, 35, was shot to death last summer. He left behind three children.

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