Bracelets that Zenobia Dobson wears to honor her son, Zaevion. My heart breaks to know that another child has lost their life to gun violence, said Zenobia Dobson, Zaevion s mom. They want to be with their friends. They want to go places. They should be traveling and not even thinking about guns.
She s spent the past few years advocating for an end to the violence so that no other mother has to feel her pain. I have a lot of great memories of him, she said. There s not a day gone by that I won t miss him.
Zenobia knows that talking about solutions isn t enough. She created the Zaevion Dobson Memorial Foundation to give students college scholarships.
Kids impacted by gun violence find creative outlet
RYAN WILUSZ, Knoxville News Sentinel
May 14, 2021
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Felecia Outsey’s Divine Urban eXpressions Cultural Arts N Dance Productions has been a boots-on-the-ground organization in the East Knoxville community for more than a decade, giving teens an outlet for artistic expression, whether it’s dance, music or poetry.
She can’t solve inadequate housing or nutrition. She can’t undo the impact of the trauma caused by losing five Black teens to gun violence this year.
But she can give love and support, while creating opportunities for kids to perform and express themselves.