13-04-2025
North Nashville community members gather to support families affected by violence
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — To commemorate National Crime Victims' Rights Week, families gathered in North Nashville Saturday for an event called 'Healed People Heal People' to support one another and remember loved ones lost to violence.
Clemmie Greenlee, head of Tennessee's chapter of Voices for Black Mothers United, has made it her mission to support and heal others and their families after losing her only son to gun violence more than two decades ago.
Greenlee told News 2 she wants to remind families they're not alone: 'Number one, you got people that love on you. Number two, we want to teach you how to file for the victim's compensation fund.'
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As head of the VBMU in Tennessee, Greenlee wants to help remove barriers for crime victims and their families as they seek justice.
'If you ignore the message and what's going on out here, then you're not going to have any solutions. I don't have the solution, but I'm going to keep trying to try to find one, and in order for me to do that, it's for me to love on people and bring people here at Grassroot to let them know that I'm here,' Greenlee added.
VBMU said they are encouraged to see a 5% drop in Nashville's violent crime rate from 2023 to 2024, but they're still pushing to lower violent crime in Music City and across Tennessee.
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'If you really want to change something, you've got to get out here and see what to change. Quit reading the paperwork, quit reading the numbers on the grant, come out here and just take a drive around and really see, and that's all I'm asking people. You don't want to do it, I do, connect with me,' Greenlee explained.
If you or someone you know has lost a loved one to violence and needs support, Greenlee wants families to know help is out there. Resources are available at and you can reach VBMU's Tennessee chapter at 615-589-8984.
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