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Inquirer Editorial: From grief to good works

Not many people could do what Dorothy Johnson-Speight does. Every day, she puts aside the often suffocating grief that grips her own soul so she can help other women come to terms with seemingly unbearable sorrow after the loss of a child to violence.

Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Executive Director of the antiviolence group Mothers In Charge, is the Inquirer's Citizen of the Year. In the background, left, is a portrait of her son Khaaliq Johnson. ( CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer )
Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Executive Director of the antiviolence group Mothers In Charge, is the Inquirer's Citizen of the Year. In the background, left, is a portrait of her son Khaaliq Johnson. ( CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer )Read more