gun violence

22 Oct

Building a Solutions-Based Community: A Blueprint for Gun Violence Prevention

Gun violence remains a pressing issue in many communities across the world, causing pain, loss, and fear. While it’s a complex problem, communities have the power to initiate change. Creating a solutions-based community that focuses on gun violence prevention is a proactive and empowering approach. In this blog, we will explore the key steps to build such a community, where individuals can come together to make a positive impact. Awareness and Education The first step in creating a solutions-based community is to...

22 Oct

SZF Legacy Stop the Violence Weekend

SPREAD LOVE & PEACE June is Gun Violence Awareness Month Join us during Wear Orange Weekend May 31-June 2, 2024 for a weekend of Peace, Love, Inspiration, and Community Unity More details in 2024! ...

23 Sep

19 Years & A Casket

After all I’ve done for my son all I get is a CASKET!? Don’t say that Kim! Don’t say that! You got this and that and time and blah blah blah! Yes I did get all of that. But I poured my time, my money, my heart and soul into my child and all I got after 19 years is a casket… A lifeless body buried in the ground way before his time… With all of the money I spent on trainings, gear, workouts,...

02 Jul

No Emotions, Just Reality

It’s difficult to take your emotions out of situations and deal with what is right in your face. That means you have to hold yourself accountable for everything you experienced in that moment. Over the years I’ve learned to take my emotions out of everything especially when it comes to making decisions, listening to people, and having compassion for other people’s situations. When you feel that things should go a certain way that’s your opinion not a fact. Granted, we all...

24 Jun

LOVE & Death

What is love? “Love is a set of emotions and behaviors characterized by intimacy, passion, and commitment. It involves care, closeness, protectiveness, attraction, affection, and trust.” Grief requires LOVE. The love you show yourself when dealing with the loss of a loved one, the love from others who also loved your loved one and the love from those who didn’t know your loved one but who Love You. There’s a difference between death and grief. Death is an experience of life, grief is...

24 Jun

A Mother’s Pain

My son was killed in an ambush on Churchill Ave in Somerset, NJ by 5 black teenage men on December 31, 2019. There were shots in the double digits but only 2 hit him. The bullets killed him immediately. Read that again… The pain I have to live with daily is a pain no other mother should bear. The things I didn’t sign up for as a MOTHER. Things that nobody who hasn’t experienced this could understand… I can no longer see my son, I...

22 Jun

Wear Orange Speech June 2023

Greetings everyone Good Morning! As you know my name is Kim Banks and I’m the mother of Samaad Frazier. He lost his life at 19 years old to gun violence on December 31, 2019 on Churchill Ave here in Somerset. He was visiting a friend, He was not a gang member or involved in gang activity, he was just at the wrong place at wrong the time. Life has become so invaluable these days and Gun violence has become so prevalent...

22 Jun

Wear Orange Speech June 2022

I wear orange for my son Samaad Zaire Frazier. He was gunned down on Churchill Ave in Somerset on Dec 31 2019 by 5 young men who knew and went to school with him. He was 19 years old and a 2018 graduate of FHS and an elite basketball player. His death was 1 of 3 that year in Somerset. He was preceded by the deaths of Dominic Frederick on May 25 and Monserrat Noyola-Narvaez on October 29. it’s been a difficult journey of healing...

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