A Mother’s Fight

Stories From The Cold Dead Hands

In this week’s episode, Dr. Benjamin Dowd-Arrow and Brett Cross talk to Shaundelle Brooks, who lost her son, Akilah DaSilva, on April 22, 2018 at a mass shooting in a Waffle House in Tennessee. Akilah was a computer engineer and musician. He rapped under the pseudonym Natrix Dream, and his music can be found on many platforms. Since, that tragic event, Brooks has risen up to challenge the gun lobby and career politicians and currently is running for a State House seat in District 60. She can be found on social media, including Instagram and TikTok, as @natrixdreammom.