In 2017, she launched Baltimore Ceasefire after her 19-year-old son told her that the city was on track to have one of its deadliest years on record. Their efforts gave rise to the first Ceasefire weekend in August 2017. Thousands of people showed up to the first Ceasefire weekend to pray, talk and rally for nonviolence. To Bridgeford, Baltimore Ceasefire isn’t just feel-good activism. “The Baltimore Ceasefire people are out on their own” because city officials are unable to fix the problem, he said.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2019 23:38 UTC