ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Takesia Shields remembers why she wanted to help survivors of crime.
“Lived experience – being a mother, having a son that’s incarcerated, having kids that have been birthed into the community, their life taken away,” said Shields.
She leads Mothers Against Gang Violence, an Atlanta-based group aiming to promote peace. On Sunday night, they packed up to head to Washington, D.C., for the Crime Survivors Speak march…