As parents of children who were killed during the Oxford High School mass shooting, and others who are forced to live with the trauma of surviving, we continue to see the same devastating patterns repeat: justice delayed, accountability denied and change dismissed as too difficult.
My daughter, Hana, was just 14 when her life was taken in the shooting. My surviving children, Reina and Noa, have endured unimaginable trauma — grieving their sister, reliving the terror of that day, and learning how to carry on in a world that no longer feels safe.
Since that horrific day in 2021, families like mine have been fighting, not only for justice, but for reform that would prevent another family from enduring what we have. But what we’ve come to learn is that the very systems meant to protect our c