Last Sunday marked a vigil for Quantrell Braxton and Rayjon Gomez. The organization From Death to Life was the primary organizer of the march. I knew I would be in attendance, but part of me questioned why. After all, this wasn't the first vigil I would attend around homicides and violence in my community. God knows I hope it's the last, but how would my presence make a difference in that regard? And I'm sure many people in attendance had other things they could have been doing on a nearly perfect late August weekend. So why go? What difference does my attendance make in solving the issues that lead to youth violence?
And that's when a thought hit me out of the blue...
