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DESCRIPTION:Mattie Scott lost her son to gun violence.  A few months ago, while 
 caucusing with other Bay Area community activists in the back room of an 
 Oakland coffee house, she launched an idea  She said, “There is one 
 season each year when people are most apt to listen to the message of 
 non-violence.  It is Mother’s Day week end.”  Henceforth, the idea for 
 “A Mama’s Cry: Stop The Gunfire!” was born.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, 
 May 9th, the entire Bay area community is being invited to lend comfort, 
 support and encouragement to families who have lost loved ones to violence. 
  Those impacted are invited to bring pictures of family members and friends 
 who have fallen to this plague.  The event will begin sharply at 2:00 p.m. 
 and end at 4:00 p.m. It will be wheelchair accessible.\n\nA Mama’s Cry: 
 Stop The Gunfire! will be unique in that community members from Oakland, 
 San Francisco, Richmond and other locations will be gathering.  Pastor 
 Wanda Johnson of the Oscar Grant Foundation, Brenda Grisham of the Oscar 
 LaVell Jones Foundation and Mattie Scott of Healing For Families And For 
 Our Nation and Mothers In Charge will be speaking along with the family of 
 the late Richard “Pedie” Perez and others. Poets and musical guests 
 will also be in attendance.  Councilmember Annie Campbell-Washington will 
 be speaking as well.\n\nThe event is being sponsored by Reverend Harry 
 Louis Williams, II of\nHood Movement 21, the office Oakland City 
 Councilmember Annie Campbell-Washington, Jack Bryson of SEIU and the Oscar 
 Grant Foundation,\nThe Christopher LaVell Jones Foundation, Mothers in 
 Charge and Healing 4 Our Families And For Our Nation.  The entire Bay Area 
 community is invited to this special time of support and embrace.  Please 
 bring friends and family members to this time of peace and community.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/27/18771580.php
SUMMARY:A Mama’s Cry: Stop The Gunfire! Families And Friends Uniting to Speak Out.
LOCATION:Oakland City Hall\n1 Frank H Ogawa Plz  (aka Oscar Grant Plaza) \nOakland, 
 CA 94612
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/27/18771580.php
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