More than 100 people gathered this afternoon at Am Shalom in Glencoe, Illinois, to light candles in memory of the 20 people who were killed or injured last January 8 in Tucson, Arizona. Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein lead the program. The name of each victim was read. The impact of that horrible day was described by Susan Sholl of Glencoe as she described her realization that a friend of hers had been shot three times and had been the woman who brought Christina-Taylor Green, the young girl who was killed, to hear Congresswoman Giffords. Glencoe Public Safety Director, Chief Mike Volling spoke about violence in the North Shore area.
After a screening of the movie “The Interrupters” (members of the cast and crew are pictured left), Cobe Williams, one of the inspiring Chicago young adults featured in the movie, spoke about working with people on the edge of violence and the challenges we face as a society to reduce violence by dealing with problems such as broken homes, joblessness, and a lack of productive activities in which young people can participate.
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