Aftermath: Grief and Life After Losing a Loved One to Gun Violence

Move It Forward

This episode, we’re talking to people who have lost loved ones to homicide about those experiences and what happened afterwards, both immediately and over a longer period of time. There’s a lot of pain and grief here. For every person who is murdered, there is a family, a friend group, a community who feel that loss. The numbers – over 500 people murdered in 2021 alone – can make it hard to think about the individual stories of those victims. In this episode, we’re taking some time to sit with the realities of these losses. Guests include Aqeela Sherrills of Newark Community Street Team, Kempis Ghani Songster and Will of YASP, Kendra Van de Water, Yané and Kenzie of YEAH Philly, Chenjerai Kumanyika, and more.