{"id":378251,"date":"2026-10-20T20:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378251\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:48:56","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-brooklyn-mom-turns-grief-into-week-of-healing-and-hope-9-years-after-sons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378251\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Mom Turns Grief Into Week Of Healing And Hope 9 Years After Sons Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Nearly nine years after losing her son to gun violence, a Brooklyn mother is once again transforming her grief into action.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Tuesday marks the start of Disrupting the Hate Week, a community-driven initiative dedicated to healing, unity and supporting families impacted by gun violence. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The day also marks what would have been Melquain Anderson&#8217;s birthday. An artist and student, he was killed in 2017 at a bus stop.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Since then, his mother, Michelle Barnes-Anderson, has become a powerful advocate for victims&#8217; families, launching initiatives aimed at keeping her son&#8217;s legacy alive while helping others cope with loss.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">As part of Disrupting the Hate Week, she is encouraging local artists and community members to share artwork and messages promoting peace, healing and unity on social media using the hashtag #DisruptingTheHateWeek.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The week honors Anderson&#8217;s life and creative spirit while shining a light on the lasting impact of gun violence on families and communities.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Over the years, Anderson&#8217;s mother has led numerous efforts in his memory, from advocating for criminal justice reform to supporting mothers grieving the loss of a child and pushing for broader awareness about the ripple effects of gun violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly nine years after losing her son to gun violence, a Brooklyn mother is once again transforming her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-378251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}