Category: National Day of Remembrance

September 25, 2018

Speak for the 26

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 is the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. EMIR will launch a new Billboard campaign, Speak for the 26, that is dedicated to unsolved crimes.

These are the 26 photos and names of victims whose crimes are currently unsolved.

Victim	DOB	DOD	Location of Death
Amir Pinkney	01/14/1996	10/18/2015	52nd & Locust Street
Aasir Mikell Davis	05/19/1995	10/23/2015	3001 Castor Avenue
Ahmad Abdul Qadir Pone	02/17/1994	12/23/2011	2200 Wilder Street
Angelo D. Colon	01/21/1995	09/13/2016	1800 Snyder Avenue
Donte Wylie	07/13/1987	06/17/2008	1600 Blk of S. Ringgold
Dyshan Garner	08/21/1993	08/30/2013	Crescentville Section of NE Phila
Emilio Quintana	09/20/1975	09/28/2015	Mutter & Cambria
Hakim Salim Chadrick Zaboor	02/20/1993	12/21/2015	300 Block of North Horton Street
James Walke, III	07/23/1987	02/23/2016	Green & Seymour
Jovanni Oyola	01/13/1996	07/22/2015	3000 Block of N. Howard
Justin Reyes	03/17/1994	06/10/2011	6th & Norris Street
Karon Payne Smith	01/28/1994	09/14-15/2015	Intersection of 24th & Montrose Streets
Kristian Hamilton-Arthur	07/21/1988	07/16/2017	2100 Fitzwater Street
Kwadir Hines-Baldwin	09/13/1996	12/28/2016	13th & Butler Street
Lamar Robinson	1987	01/07/2006	2835 W. Allegheny Ave.
Lonnie Simms	08/07/1993	04/15/2017	Southwest Philadelphia
Mario Pedro	12/21/1980	02/23/2015	Strawberry Mansion
Markquez Shakur Houston	01/12/2001	11/05/2017	2700 block of N. 19th Street
Nasir Slaughter	12/13/1995	08/19/2013	South Philadelphia
Paris Wright	02/03/1993	01/29/2015	5500 block of North American Street 19120
Rephael Swan	06/09/1988	09/09/2017	7554 Overbrook Avenue
Shelton Hayes	03/12/1979	03/18/2018	7700 Block of Overbrook
Stephanie Y. Wiley	08/27/1982	11/04/2015	2200 block of N. Chadwick Street
Tiffany Burton	09/13/1983	02/01/2018	7700 Wheeler Avenue
Tyrese Johnson	05/17/1999	02/15/2017	1500 Block of Bancroft
William K. Wise, Jr.	09/22/1970	07/14/2013	27th & Silver Street

April 11, 2018

National Day of Rememberance

March 1, 2018

We Live Project

The We Live Project was developed out of our youth support groups. At one of our sessions they felt the need to do something. The young people stated that someone should be listening to us about pain and how to heal. They talked about what a young person needs to overcome pain. They decided to continue to meet to design their peace movement.

They kicked off their movement to their community on September 25, 2010, the National Day of Remembrance for Murdered Victims. The rally was designed, created and executed by young people with EMIR’s guidance. They created messages of peace and resiliency on poster, T-shirt and banners. They created a Declaration of Peace. There were several community agencies there to offer free services. They had faith partners there to offer support. This rally was attended by 300 young people whom had lost someone to murder. The young people have become Peace Ambassadors’, with their goal being “Get Old”.

The We Live Project’s purpose is to utilize the principles to heal self, families, and communities. Conflict Transformation is a process of constructive change that reduces violence, and increases justice, it responds to real life problems in human relationships. These practices promote healing of relationships.

Summer of 2011 the We Live Project held its Peace & Leadership Institute. This was a summer long project with youth sponsored by the Shoemaker Grant. The workshops for the youth utilize holistic principles. Wellness is a positive approach to living, resulting in the well-being of the mind, body, and spirit.

The workshops promote an atmosphere where participants can explore their own issues of wellness, self- care, self-esteem, emotional maturity, and lifestyle management. This can assist in enabling them to become better brothers, sisters, daughters, friends, and leaders in the community. They will become Peace Ambassadors’ and spread their messages throughout their communities.

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