Monique Williams and Liza Martinez
Recorded
March 4, 2022
Archived
March 4, 2022
47:30 minutes
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Id:
ddv001448
Description
Monique Williams (51) and new friend Liza Martinez (42) exchange stories of losing their parents to a crash and the advocacy work they have engaged in since then.Subject Log / Time Code
MW lost her dad before his 50th birthday. MW's family only found out that he had passed from a call they got from an organ donation company.
MW describes her dad as a man who grew up in the sticks of Virginia and never missed a birthday card. A good-hearted man who would help you with whatever.
MW remembers living in shelters after having her first child.
LM's mother came from Puerto Rico and had over 50 years of marriage to her husband. She owned a successful business in Bedford Stuyvesant and was able to retire.
LM shares the grief and varying emotions she has struggled with after her mother was killed in Rockaway Beach.
LM thinks about the driver who killed her mother and wonders what has come of his life.
LM and MW about the positive impact and advocacy they’ve been able to do with Families for Safe Streets.
Participants
- Monique Williams
- Liza Martinez