That night, at age 15, a stray bullet struck me in the back. A stranger was going after someone else and missed. Instead, he hit me, an innocent kid minding my own business, out celebrating life.

I suddenly found myself paralyzed from the waist down, undergoing physical therapy, dealing with physical and emotional challenges, battling with nagging doubts about wanting to live. I felt hopeless and depressed.

Fast forward, 27 years later to A Change Gonna Come and a mission to help others who have faced the same daunting challenges brought on by gun violence.

Jordon Cook, Founder, A Change Gonna Come