5 October 2010

Continuing A Season of Peace: The Unity March for Mattapan (conclusion)

taliawhyte WGBH boston ten point coalition, child trauma, homicide, isaura mendes, mattapan, rev jeffrey brown, youth violence

By Talia Whyte

Isaura Mendes has become a staple at many anti-violence walks around the city for a very unfortunate reason. The Dorchester activist lost two sons, Bobby and Alex, to street violence. In 2008, she said she forgave Bobby’s convicted killer and told him she prayed that nothing bad would happen to him.

“Let me show you about forgiveness,’’ Mendes said at the Walk for Peace last July. “The murder of Bobby Mendes ended in forgiveness; do you possess the strength to forgive?’’

View the video here