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Jackie Rowe-Adams, Harlem Mom Who Lost Two Sons To Guns, Becomes Anti-Violence Crusader
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Place of Residence: New York, N.Y.
Why she is a local hero: Rowe-Adams co-founded Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. with Jean Corbett-Covington.
When Rowe-Adams tells a group of parents gathered at the headquarters for Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (a counseling center for parents who have lost their children to violent deaths) that she understands their pain, it's coming from the heart.
Rowe-Adams lost two of her sons to horrible acts of gun violence. Her 17-year-old son was killed in 1981, when two men murdered him for supposedly staring them down. A second 28-year-old son was murdered in 1998 in Baltimore, when a 13-year-old robbed him outside of his apartment.
"It still hurts sometimes," said Rowe-Adams. "But I knew I had to do something about it."
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