Survivorship and Where We Go From Here
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips and their organization, Survivors Empowered, were recently named as one of CNN’s 2023 Champions for Change
By Sandy and Lonnie Phillips; introduction by Penny Okamoto
Introduction
On the night of July 20, 2012, a shooter armed with 4,000 rounds of ammunition, an assault rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, a Glock 22 handgun, and two tear gas grenades shot seventy people in a matter of seconds, leaving 12 dead, including 24 year old Jessi Redfield Ghawi.
In the years th…
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