About Us

Mission Statement:

To be the voice of all lives lost and the families left behind.

M.A.S.K was created in the honor of Shaquille Turner, the son of our founder, Shana Turner. We are here to spread awareness, educate, and heal the effects of senseless violence.

Please join us in our efforts by partnering, volunteering, donating or joining our movement.

We plan to make an impact on our local community using forms of service. Education, Advocacy, prevention, intervention, mentorship, recidivism, and Raising Awareness. Among many other outreach tools. 

Special thanks to Marlene Bright with The Commonweath Attorney’s Office Outreach and Engagement. This was in 2018 at Military Circle Mall National Victims Crime Week. I and my team have done NVCW every year.

Education

We focus on all families effected by senseless killings. We plan to hold educational events for advocates and those effected.

Advocacy

Our founder attends events as much as possible meeting with law makers, support groups and advocates. Her goal is to help create a safer environment for our next generation.

Community Fest at Mt. Trashmore 2024 Thank you Pastor White for the invite.

Raising Awareness

We believe that raising awareness may inspire someone to get involved with our organization or other organization like ours. The more people we have talking about preventing senseless killings the better our results could be. Norfolk Police Department asked me to come out and do a PSA. The picture to the right is me holding my son Shaq. I engaged with NPD & The Norfolk Commonwealth Attorney’s office several times.

National Night 2024 this year was a lot of bad weather, but we prevailed. When honored the Chief of police in Virginia Beach, with VBMU and Woodson Center Certificate. Chief wasn’t able to make it to my event that day, so I gave it to him at the Community Fest 2024. We have to come up with solutions to work together, to bridge the gap.