
Fourteen Years After Jessi’s Death: The Question the Courts Never Were Allowed…
Always remembered, always honored, always loved On July 20, 2012, twelve people, including our daughter, Jessi...
Read More


Pride Holds Joy and Grief in the Same Hands
Pride Holds Joy and Grief in the Same Hands Pride Month is a celebration of identity,...
Read More


May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month so it’s a great time to speak honestly about...
Read More


March Remembrance
We honor and remember the lives lost, those injured, and all who have been forever changed...
Read More


A Moment for Mindfulness
Mindfulness is defined as a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment,...
Read More


January doesn’t have to be a sprint
January. We are told that we need to run at full speed as soon as January...
Read More


Protecting Families from Gun Violence: The Overlooked Toll on Children, Teens, and…
When reports say a child died from a ‘firearm assault,’ it means something horrific — that...
Read More


EMDR gains traction treating gun violence survivors
Over the past quarter-century, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has become proven as an effective...
Read More


My healing journey advances with Survivors Empowered Retreats
‘In three decades working with numerous state and national gun violence prevention groups, only Survivors Empowered...
Read More


Japanese art of kintsugi proves powerful metaphor for Sandy and Lonnie Phillips…
‘Broken & Beautiful’ by Wavecrest Films featured at LA film festival “Broken & Beautiful,” a new...
Read More


Amid mindless violence, mindfulness provides life preserver
Mindfulness is a puzzle. You don’t fit together all the pieces at once. It takes time...
Read More


Lessons Learned over a Dozen Years
Much has been learned from supporting individual gun violence survivors in many places over many years....
Read More
