Denise Cosby, former realtor with Somerville’s The Norton Group and current Realtor with The Messina Realty Collective and her colleague Fay Rackley, is launching a project named The Just-in-Time Initiative on zoom for parents and families of victims of murder. In addition to Denise being a realtor, she is a writer and a parent of a murdered child.

Denise lost her 21-year-old son Justin Cosby to murder on the grounds of Harvard University in May, 2009, and Fay lost her 19-year-old grandson to murder in July 2010. Their unexpected losses took a tremendous toll on both of them and their families.

Since that time Denise has written a memoir, “Murder at Harvard’s Kirkland House – A Mother’s Worst Nightmare” (available on Amazon and murderharvardkirklandhouse.com. It is also in several libraries including The National Library of Congress (Washington, DC). Denise and Fay have also been working as advocates with other parents and victims of murder trying to help them in their search for peace and justice.

The mission of the Just-in-Time Initiative is to uplift, encourage, motivate and educate others “Just-in-Time” as we go through this journey of surviving the murder of a loved one. They will invite professionals to help educate others in seeking justice and healing. “Some of your strengths are our weaknesses and some of your weaknesses are our strengths, so let’s work together to encourage, motivate and support one another to a better place as we seek justice and peace and keep the powerful memories of our children alive,” says Cosby.

 Just-inTime will meet twice a month on Sunday evenings at 6:00 p.m. EST. You may find out more about it on Facebook at Just-in-Time Initiative | Facebook and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/IaHFkMsiHVo or The Just-inTime Initiative. Please check out the video and “like and share” with anyone you may know nationally or internationally who has experienced the murder of a loved one.

Please join Denise and Fay this Sunday, June 27, at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom. Go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsfu6ppzwsGdfjZWhzVqsMfnp6qOa6rOb0, Facebook or YouTube “The Just-in-Time Initiative” to get the link and register. Denise and Fay can be reached at survivingmurder1@gmail.com. They look to seeing you on Zoom.