19 fresh faces and bold new ideas from Boston
Longtime Roxbury activist Ruth Rollins, who works as at Elizabeth Stone House as the Community Coordinator of Domestic Violence Outreach and Support Groups, launched We Are Better Together, the Warren Daniel Hairston Project to create a welcoming space for mothers whose children had suffered from or inflicted violence in the community. It was a need she knew from experience: When her 21-year-old son Danny was killed 10 years ago, she suffered in silence about the loss, his gang affiliations, and the community’s problems. We Are Better Together offers a way for her and others like her to heal and to foster community unity.
