Sunday, November 25, 2007

"My door's open"

Denise Swisher, anti-violence crusader

In the current issue of Creative Loafing Alex Pickett gives us an update on a neighbor who has turned her loss into a force for peace.

Who? Two years ago, Denise Swisher was living a quiet life as a single mother of four children. But in May 2006, after someone shot and killed her 18-year-old son, Forbes "P-Nut" Swisher, she began a one-woman crusade to end violence in St. Petersburg's toughest neighborhoods.

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