A Street to Soon be Named in Makiyah Wilson’s Honor

The Ceremonious Designation Honors Child Taken by Gun Violence

By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer

The D.C. Council recently approved a resolution that names a street in Northeast in honor of Makiyah Wilson, a child who lost her life to gun violence five years ago.

The resolution, unanimously approved by the D.C. Council on June 6, symbolically designates the 300 block of 53rd Street in Northeast as “Makiyah Wilson Way.” On July 16, 2018, Makiyah was shot and killed on that block, what many know as part of the Clay Terrace community.

In the years since Makiyah’s murder,

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Makiyah’s mother Donnetta Wilson has worked to combat gun violence through the Makiyah Lee Wilson Foundation, which establishes relationships with community members and raises funds to support movements geared toward quelling gun violence and curbing homelessness.

Wilson and other members of the

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