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Mothers In Charge Expands Mission To Support Siblings Of Gun Violence Victims In Philadelphia
"We weren't really raised with our brother and we really got in contact with him in 2020," Dionia said.
June 27, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Mothers In Charge, a nonprofit supporting families who lost loved ones to gun violence in Philadelphia for more than two decades, is expanding its mission to make sure siblings are also supported.
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Sixteen-year-old Dionia Zayas, her 13-year-old brother Romeo and 16-year-old Johnae White are Philadelphia teenagers who share the unimaginable loss of losing a loved one to gun violence.
"I lost my brother, Corey," Dionia said.
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