---- — On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year old,
African-American high school student was in Washington D.C.,
performing with her school's band at arguably one of the most
symbolic Presidential Inaugurations in history. Not only was
Barack Obama, a man of color, being sworn in for a second term,
he was doing it on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Both his re-
election and Hadiya's participation were a poignant coda to the
slain civil rights leader's legacy. One week later, more than 80
clergy leaders representing ministers, Catholic clergy, rabbis,
and imams, were also in Washington to advocate for more
aggressive interventions in urban areas where gun violence is
more prevalent. While this group was petitioning for greater
support, Hadiya Pendleton was shot dead on a playground in
Chicago. She was the 42nd victim of gun violence in Chicago
since Jan. 1. Elie Weisel, the noted Holocaust-chronicler, says
during that era, there were three kinds of people: victims,
perpetrators, and bystanders. As a human