A documentary about Movita Johnson-Harrell will air on PBS on Oct. 2. "Murders That Matter" documents Johnson-Harrell for five years as she transitions into a community leader and gun violence activist in Philadelphia. Her 18-year-old son was shot and killed in 2011.
Students there say the school dismissed their lived experiences and efforts to create a space where they could talk about their trauma when Girard canceled a summit meant to address gun violence.
It’s been five years since the massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and student leaders and advocates gathered in West Philadelphia Saturday to work together to combat gun violence.
LaTonya Myers (Credit: Yoni Brook)
LaTonya “T.” Myers, Activist and Bail Navigator, Defender Association
Formerly incarcerated person-turned-activist and the first-ever Bail Navigator for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, a position to help those arrested navigate the bail review system.
Prior to joining the Defender Association, Myers’s life was upended while she sat in jail saddled with a $1,500 bail that she couldn’t afford to pay. She’d been in and out of the system for much of her life, but the issue of unaffordable bail and pretrial incarceration turned her onto activism.
Gave out what she called the Probation Awards, a ceremony recognizing people “doing their best to do good, but living under constant threat of incarceration.”