Tapestry

Hope and Mercy in Chicago and Newtown

A Muslim community activist in Chicago and the parent of a child killed at Sandy Hook both search for hope and mercy in their own lives and in the lives of others.

• Rami Nashashibi, activist and professor, joins Mary Hynes to talk about our false perceptions of 'violent' neighbourhoods, how Islam informs his activism, and why hip hop captured his imagination.  

• Alissa Parker shares how she's journeying toward forgiveness after losing her daughter, Emilie, in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.