On the first Sunday in May, a group of women dressed in creams and whites gathered for brunch at the Waldorf Astoria Buckhead hotel. But what might have looked like an early Mother’s Day event had much darker origins.
The women, many of whom have lost children to gun violence, came together on International Bereaved Mother’s Day for a brunch and panel discussion hosted by Atlanta’s Rocket Foundation.
The foundation, named in memory of late Atlanta rapper Takeoff , was established in 2022 by his family to combat gun violence. Earlier that year, Takeoff, whose real name is Kirsnick Khari Ball, died from gunshot wounds in Houston at 28…