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Renee Shine poses for a portrait in front of the apartment complex where her daughter, Tommiesha Jones, was shot and killed while in the passenger seat of a car at the age of 16 on April 7, 2005 in Richmond, Calif.. “She always wanted to be famous, a model, a singer…she just wanted to be in the limelight. But it never happened, and all I have now are memories.”

Cousin Ravon Taylor (left), 13, and friend Amber Nobriga wear their sweatshirts in memoriam in the location of the murder of Isaac Turner Jr. who was shot on 65th Ave. near International Blvd. on August 28, 2008. Nobriga, who lives next door to the location of the murder, repaints the R.I.P. message on the sidewalk continually.

From left Jay White, Derrick Williams, Sherri-Lyn Miller, and E.J. “Mix It Up” wear their shirts in memoriam of friend Ronnie “Hennessy” Jackson Jr. where he was shot on 90th Ave. near MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, Calif. on June 21, 2008. Williams, who was shot in an unrelated incident in 2006, was mentored by Hennessy. Miller has turned her frustrations with the violence in Oakland into her business, as she specializes in producing memorial shirts for the community.

From left “Little Kiesha”, “Mini Mike”, and Danielle Simpson, 14, pose for a portrait wearing their clothing in memoriam of Thomas Cousey at the location of Cousey’s murder at 84th Ave. and Plymouth St., which occurred on April 7, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. “Mini Mike” says memorial shirts “It’s just like a remembrance thing…some people write rest in peace on the wall, some people put on shirts…it’s called keeping their legacy going on. Basically it’s just like a broadcast you know because he never dies.”

From left Laquanda Sanders and Malisa Hyde, family of Kennah Wilson, who died on August 29, 2008, Cha Cha Starks and Kamari Garcia, 2, mother and daughter of Shaneice Davis, who died on April 9, 2008, and Kienda Martin and Linda Jones, family of Zaire Washington, who died on June 30, 2008, pose for a portrait in front of the apartment complexes where their loved ones were killed within months of each other, in Oakland, Calif.

From left Brandon Turner, Jenaha Turner, Maurice Thomas, and Randee Stafford wear their shirt in memoriam in the location of the murder of their cousin, Charles Morrow II, who was shot on 48th Ave and International Blvd in Oakland, Calif. on April 28, 2009. The Turners also lost a brother, William, to gun violence in 2008. Brandon Turner now works at a funeral home, which he says helps bring him deal with the losses in his family.