Vigils for Healing

Advisory Board

Sharon Andrews-Mbaye
Rehabilitation Studies Graduate Student, WSSU Community Outreach Intern, Simon G. Atkins Community Development Corp.

Algenon Cash
Executive Managing Director, Wharton Gladden & Co., LLC

Alison Cranford
Project Coordinator, Safe on Seven: Forsyth Domestic Violence Center

Karen Cross, MD
Medical Director, Hospice Care Center

Rev. Vic Davidson
Pastor, New Birth of Christ Church

Carol Davis, JD
Executive Director, Simon G. Atkins Community Development Corp.

Glenn Davis
Chaplain, Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

Fleming El Amin, PhD
Member: Masjid Al-Muminun (Believer's House of Prayer), President: Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Winston-Salem Chapter), Social Studies Teacher, Glenn High School

Sharee Fowler
Director, Empowering Effective Teachers Initiative-United Way of Forsyth County

Deloris Huntley
Founder and Executive Director, Alpha and Omega Family Institute

John "Huntley" Huntley
Bishop, Alpha and Omega Church of Faith

John Leone, Jr.
Corporal, Field Services Bureau/Squad 290, Winston-Salem Police Department

Ken Maxwell, MD
Head and Neck Surgeon, Piedmont Ear Nose and Throat Associates

Tracey Maxwell
Independent Video Producer, MaxMedia

Gail McNeill
French Instructor (retired), WFU and UNC-G; Non-violence community activist

Rick Pender
Acting Director of Progams, Center for Community Safety

Rev. Laura Spangler
Minister, Lloyd Presbyterian Church

Lyn Warmath-Boyd
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Mothers for Justice

To Achieve Our
Mission, We:

Hold public interfaith Vigils for Healing observances to mark violent loss of life in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Mail a packet of support information to the family of every murder victim in Forsyth County.

Organize Broken Hearts, Better Days, a support group for people who grieve the violent death of a loved one.

Organize a Prayer Shawl Ministry who's members create hand-made shawls and throws for victims' families.

Organize Hands Without Guns , a gun safety/awareness activity for children.

Provide financial support (via The Winston-Salem Foundation's Chrissy Gallaher Victim Assistance Fund) to families who are struggling with the costs related to the violent death of their loved one.

Hold a free annual banquet or picnic for families and loved ones of people murdered in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Collaborate with any person or group who would like to organize an observance of violent death.