I want answers. Like all the 300 mothers that we represent in the healing circle, they ask the same question. I want to know why along with the over 30,000 unsolved homicides since the 1990s. Over 30,000. Over 30,000 unsolved. That is over 30,000 families that i represent. I want to know why. We are the healing circle and we believe in healing people. We go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. All entities the whole family is incarcerated. We want to kill the whole family. That is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. That is why we go in. We believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. Restored of justice does work. Restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. As a teenager, you were a recipient of services. Today, you are working in youth development. What do you think the answer is in reducing Gang Violence . I want to give thanks for another day here and an opportu
I want to know why you killed my son. I want to know why. I want to know why the community did not step up. Everybody was present. I want to know why came to say who did it. I want answers. Like all the 300 mothers that we represent in the healing circle, they ask the same question. I want to know why along with the over 30,000 unsolved homicides since the 1990s. Over 30,000. Over 30,000 unsolved. That is over 30,000 families that i represent. I want to know why. We are the healing circle and we believe in healing people. We go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. All entities the whole family is incarcerated. We want to kill the whole family. That is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. That is why we go in. We believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. Restored of justice does work. Restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. As a teenager, you were a recipient o
There were no counselors, and nobody come into my house to ask me questions about what happened. The already labeled my son in the papers as a gang member. They labeled him as a drug dealer. No be had came to me no media came to me to ask me about my child. The people in my community seamen visible seemed invisible, and that seems unfair. I do because i want to see justice. I want to look at the person who killed my son and asked him why. Why did you kill my son . What was so what did he do that allow you to shoot him point blank with four bullets in the face . What would make you do such a thing . I want to meet the individual, to let him know i have already forgiven you. If i had not for giving you, i would not be here today. I have to forgive you, but i want to know why. Why do i want to know why . I want to get you killed, too. Kurds people hurt people hurt people. Apparently, you are hurting. You had to be hurting that night to shoot my son in the face. You knew him, you ate at my
Homicides since the 1990s. Over 30,000. Over 30,000 unsolved. That is over 30,000 families that i represent. I want to know why. We are the healing circle and we believe in healing people. We go inside of san quentin, we go inside of the county jail, the juvenile justice system. All entities the whole family is incarcerated. We want to kill the whole family. That is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. That is why we go in. We believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. Restored of justice does work. Restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. As a teenager, you were a recipient of services. Today, you are working in youth development. What do you think the answer is in reducing Gang Violence . I want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. All of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. A lot of energy to the healing circle as well. As a juvenile, i wa
Family is incarcerated. We want to kill the whole family. That is why we go when we want to heal the whole family. That is why we go in. We believe in empathy, we believe this violence is a learned behavior. Restored of justice does work. Restorative justice does work. [applause] elizabeth, you have been on both sides. As a teenager, you were a recipient of services. Today, you are working in youth development. What do you think the answer is in reducing Gang Violence . I want to give thanks for another day here and an opportunity to share this space with everybody. All of the beautiful courage that it takes to be up here. A lot of energy to the healing circle as well. As a juvenile, i was in Juvenile Hall and i went through that whole system myself. I have worked with tattoo removal, i went to other development programs. Through personal experience being raised by a single mom and being proud of my dad imprisoned and now pursuing my education, i would say there is not one answer. The