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Through My Eyes... |
Moms, Dads, Good-Hearted Volunteers, Kids Against Gun Violence
May 28, 2003
By Cornelia Spelman
We were a heroic little busload. Two mothers whose children had been murdered by gun violence, a bunch of assorted others giving up their day to try to prevent gun violence, and a group of sweet teen-agers from a Chicago group called "Hands Against Guns," sponsored by Uhlich Children's Home.
Chicago's "Hands Against Guns" kids.
Those brave and sad-faced mothers, those young people, their adult coordinator Warfield Perkins, me (representing the Chicagoland North Shore Chapter of Million Mom March,) a bunch of folks from the Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence, Mike Robbins, a former Chicago policeman now consulting with schools and communities to prevent youth violence--all of us rocking along the gray, sleety highway to our state capitol to meet with our elected representatives.
Yes, it was just us against the most powerful, richest lobby in America, the group that brags it has the closest access to the White House. What were we asking our legislators to support?
MMM's Nancy Kim Philips, Chicago's Mike Robbins.