Gigi's PEARLS is Georgia woman's way of reducing violence

Six years after her daughter, mother and brother were murdered in a triple homicide, Shameika Averett has created a nonprofit organization to help Columbus-area girls become successful women who are constructive citizens in their community -- and who don't tolerate violence.

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