Over 120 survivors, group advocates and legislation enforcement companions gathered in remembrance Thursday morning for the Suffolk DA’s Murder Survivors Breakfast.
The fifteenth annual breakfast, which takes place throughout Survivors of Murder Victims Consciousness Month, is occurred at Florian Corridor in Dorchester on Thursday to “honor survivors and to remember the family members and friends they have lost,” the DA’s workplace mentioned. The emotional ceremony as soon as once more introduced life to the tales of those that’d died and introduced collectively the group round them, exhibiting those that’d misplaced a liked one they aren’t alone.
The occasion featured an awards ceremony with two honorees. The primary was survivor and Boston Arts Academy Basis president and CEO, Denella Clark, recognized for her a long time of labor in Boston nonprofits and group advocacy.
The breakfast additionally acknowledged scientific director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP) at Boston Medical Heart Elizabeth Dugan, who’s program assists all victims of gunshot or stab wounds admitted to BMC’s emergency division by means of restoration.
Following the awards, sufferer witness advocates from the DA’s workplace learn names aloud of murder victims in remembrance ceremony.
