MAMA Palm Beach Post
13thMay

Twenty Four Years Old

A photo of 24-year-old Jervonte L. Gibson who was killed March 20, 2019 in the Pleasant City neighborhood. His mom, Kamisha Gibson attended Mothers Against Murderers Association meeting recently in West Palm Beach. [GREG LOVETT/palmbeachpost.com]

MAMA Palm Beach Post
13thMay

The Memories

Some of the hundreds of funeral program’s that Angela Williams has collected and put on bullet boards at Mothers Against Murderers Association in West Palm Beach. [GREG LOVETT/palmbeachpost.com] The memories Gibson has dozens of photos of her son readily accessible on her phone. Though the memory of her 24-year-old’s body at the funeral home will

Love Me Through It

They bear a woman’s pain when her child is killed. They push police and politicians for safer streets. You can find them in court, at funerals and in the glare of 3 a.m. police lights. Ask for MAMA. Editor’s note: This story is one of four in The Palm Beach Post’s profile of the Mothers

8thMay

Juvenile Life Without Parole

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida State University College of Law Public Interest Law Center (PILC) has received the American College of Trial Lawyers’ 2013 Emil Gumpert Award. The award recognizes programs whose principal purpose is to maintain and improve the administration of justice.

Fifty Women, Fifty Causes, One Voice

When fifty women and girls from around the world come together under one book cover with stories of trials, tribulation, and triumph, something incredible happens! Ari’el Rising is not your average compilation book. It is an empowerment masterpiece! In Hebrew the word Ari’el means “lion of God” and the women in this book are the personification of the lioness—beautiful, courageous, fierce, and powerful! From the nine year old three time author to the world renowned journalist, the teen entrepreneur to the African Diplomat, the “beauty queen” to the Disney star, the sisterhood of Ari’el Rising is growing and making a global impact.

MAMA Palm Beach Post
2ndMay

The Pain

Of the 430 women, most have children who were shot to death. Many cases never have been solved. For 16 years, Williams has been a presence at crime scenes, funerals and court appearances. With an empathy that draws grieving families, politicians and law enforcement officers to her, she listens. She calls that her most important