cw: gun violence. Reverend Sharon Risher was catapulted into the limelight after the Charleston, South Carolina shooting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015. Her beloved mother, Mrs. Ethel Lee Lance, was killed along with eight others – including two cousins and a childhood friend. Reverend Risher joined thisgrievinglife, Yale School of Public Health Activist in Residence, on this month’s episode of Shared Humanity, out today on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. Today Risher is a sought-after inspirational speaker, traveling across the country telling her personal experience of losing loved ones to gun violence, racism, and hate in America, as well as the path to forgiveness and an offering of hope for tomorrow. Her book, For Such A Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness After the Charleston Massacre, was released in 2019. #SharedHumanity