This is Our Body Politic. I'm Farai Chidea. In our political remix series, we revisit some of our best

interviews. This week, we explore the impact of gun violence on the lives of three women and how

they're each fueling change. First up is our conversation with Nelba Marquez-Green, founder and

executive director of the Anna Grace Project, an organization focused on

building community and connection to prevent violence and promote healing. A decade ago,

Nelba Marquez Green's six-year-old daughter, Anna Grace, was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary

School in Newtown, Connecticut. The gunman killed 20 children and six educators.

A licensed marriage and family therapist, Nelba has kept Anna's legacy alive with the Anna Grace Project.

The project focuses on creating healthier and safer communities for all children and their

families through three lead initiatives, partner schools, professional

development, and music and arts.

Three months after we spoke with Nelba, a shooter killed 19 children and two adults at Rob

Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

In a guest essay for The New York Times in July, Nelba called for elected officials to step

up and for people

not directly affected by tragedy to advocate for change. The surviving families of the Sandy Hook

victims are dealing with harassment, death threats, and false claims about their children,

fueled in part by the conspiracy theories purported by Alex Jones. In October, two separate juries

ordered Jones to pay damages totaling more than a billion dollars to victims' families. Through it all,

Nelba remains focused on championing safer communities for all families. Here's our conversation.

Welcome, Nelba. Thank you for having me.

You know, this is one of those things where I don't know where to start with you because you

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