tagged with: Alicia Rasin
May 21, 2008
Ambassador of Compassion
AP writer Kristen Geineau recently penned a piece on Alicia Rasin that ran in papers across North America, including Canada’s CANOE, the Santa Fe New Mexican, and the San Francisco Gate.
more than 20 years, she has voluntarily rushed to homicide scenes throughout Richmond to comfort the grieving. It’s a monstrous task; except for the past few years, Richmond’s homicide rate typically has ranked among the highest in the nation. She organizes candlelight vigils for the dead, arranges their funerals, helps the families they’ve left behind cope with the pain. Sometimes, people call her to homicide scenes before they call the cops.
November 23, 2007
Rasin still mourns loss of father
Today’s RTD talks to Alicia Rasin, who for more or more than 20 years has worked to comfort families impacted by homicide, fire, suicide and domestic abuse. The founder of Citizens Against Crime who has helped so many others “finds herself wrapped in a shrug of sorrow she can’t shake” since the October 2006 death of her father, Malachi Rasin.
December 28, 2006
Alicia bouncing back
The Dec.28-30 issue of the print-only Richmond Free Press has an update on Alicia Rasin (founder of Citizens Against Crime) two weeks after undergoing life-saving heart surgery.
October 2, 2006
Malachi Rasin
Malachi Albert Rasin, 86, Richmond’s first black health inspector, father to Citizens Against Crime founder Alicia Rasin, and resident of Princess Anne Avenue, died Saturday of natural causes. (obituary) [via]
April 3, 2006
vigil for shooting victim
Alicia Rasin, founder of Citizens Against Crime, said a community group will hold a vigil for murdered and alleged drug dealer Dorez Eric Gail in the 1400 block of North 22nd Street tonight at 6pm. [via]
March 29, 2006
another Fairmount shooting
Just a block a way from last weeks shooting, Dorez Eric Gail was shot to death in the 1400 block of 22nd Street at around 3pm yesterday. Police are looking for the gunman and witnesses. [via]
July 2, 2005
popular transvestite is Richmond’s 52nd homicide of the year
April Marie Walker, a 45-year-old transvestite who lived in the 2000 block North 29th Street, was found shot this morning in the doorway of his apartment in the Creighton Court public housing.
June 18, 2005
vigil for Graham
Citizens Against Crime held a public prayer vigil Friday afternoon at the intersection of P and 21st Streets for slain handyman Billy Graham.
