Healing from loss: Chattanooga families continue to unite against violence

Eddie Worbington tries to fight back tears as he speaks during a gathering Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Booker T. Washington State Park. Worbington’s girlfriend, Kenyetta Tramble, was killed in 2012, and he is raising their son, Acaeus Worbington.

Sebrina Robinson cried at the first Healing on Both Sides meeting in June, but at Thursday’s meeting, she came to organize.

“This gang stuff has to stop,” she said. “A lot of mothers out here are scared to say something to their kids about what they’re doing. I am not one of those mothers. I don’t get tired. I’m going to keep talking.”

She called on people from other high-crime areas like College Hill, East Lake and Alton Park to stand with her to end violence in their communities.

“You can stop your kids,” she said.