Mothers Against Violence Conference

Mayor Martin Walsh (left) presented Boston Police Commissioner William Gross with the Mothers for Justice and Equality’s Courage and Conviction Award Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the fifth annual Mothers Against Violence conference, hosted at BU. Mothers Against Violence draws leaders and mothers from around the country as allies in the movement to end street violence. Gross, pictured here with Monalisa Smith (to his left), founder of Mothers for Justice and Equality, and other organization members, was honored for his leadership in reducing community violence.

Jackie Ricciardi

Staff photojournalist

Jackie Ricciardi is a staff photojournalist at BU Today and Bostonia magazine. She has worked as a staff photographer at newspapers that include the Augusta Chronicle in Augusta, Ga., and at Seacoast Media Group in Portsmouth, N.H., where she was twice named New Hampshire Press Photographer of the Year. Profile

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