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.
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.
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
Flanked by members of the Mothers Against Murderers Association and West Palm Beach residents, West Palm Beach Police Chief Sarah Mooney walks during an outreach event organized by West Palm Beach Police along North Sapodilla Avenue in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday, October 27, 2017. The walk, which was attended by police, clergy, and