At Black Lives Matter house, families are welcomed into space of freedom and healing
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Shalomyah Bowers, a board member of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, stands for a photo before a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The event was hosted by the foundation at its mansion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Andre Clements, left, and his wife, Vickki Willis, dance to music during a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Willis said her son, Alteriq Pleasant, died in 2022, while in custody at Cook County Jail in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Beatrice X Johnson, center, who is also known as Auntie Bee, Denica Davis, top, and Lashawnda Rhymes take a selfie during a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Anthony Day, wearing a hoodie commemorating Korryn Gaines, attends a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Gaines was fatally shot by a Baltimore County police officer in 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Shalomyah Bowers, a board member of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, walks between dinner tables set for a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)A mansion purchased by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is illuminated by the setting sun before a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the foundation in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)People attend a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Jeffrey Price, right, and Yolanda Price, wearing T-shirts honoring Price Jr., attend a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Price Jr. was killed in a 2018 crash involving a police vehicle. The event was hosted by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation at its mansion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Osayi Endolyn, an inaugural artist-in-residence for the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation's Black Joy Creators Fellowship, helps set tables for a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Chef Brittney "Stikxz" Williams, right, and Osayi Endolyn, an inaugural artist-in-residence for the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation's Black Joy Creators Fellowship, share a light moment as they get ready for a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Beatrice X Johnson, also known as Auntie Bee, and La'Nya Friday, right, sing together while playing the piano in a mansion purchased by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation during a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference hosted by the foundation in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. La'Nya's father, Colby Friday, was fatally shot by a Stockton, Calif., police officer in 2016, according to the family. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Attendees tour a mansion purchased by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation before a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the foundation in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Denise Friday, from left, Tracy Shand and Tawanda Jones pray together during a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference, hosted by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation at its mansion in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that purchased a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Shalomyah Bowers, a board member of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, stands for a photo before a welcome dinner for the annual Families United 4 Justice Network Conference in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The event was hosted by the foundation at its mansion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)