An Unspeakable Hope: Brutality, Forgiveness, and Building a Better Future for My SonIn 2012, nineteen year old Leon Ford was shot five times by a Pittsburgh police officer as he was racially profiled during a case of mistaken identity. When he woke up in the hospital, he was faced with two life changing realities: he was a new father, and he was paralyzed from the waist down. Now, Ford reveals how he faced these new truths and discovered the power of forgiveness and letting go of his hatred. He explains how his harrowing experience

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Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers

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and many more engage young people in frank conversations about race

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headed for the nearest resting place to be found

and the power threatening to consume her

spiritual practices

his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration

endeavoring to escape from their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love