DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) -- The Restorative Justice Project, a religious coalition, and Elizabeth Street United Methodist Church hosted their 33rd annual anti-violence vigil Saturday morning at the church in Durham.

The event featured The Durham Homicide Memorial Quilt which is made up of more than 1,000 patches with the names and death-dates of more than 1,000 people who were violently killed in Durham County. The names are from 2024, dating back to 1994, when artist Sidney Brodie began to create the quilt to express grief and frustration while remembering and honoring homicide victims.

Forty additional names were added from last year’s deadly crimes.

“It is something that helps families really get through their pain in the loss of their loved ones.”

Tasha Mebane’s 21-year-old daughter, Ka

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