G.R.I.E.V.E.

Our mission is to provide support and resources with compassion to individuals and families whose hearts have been broken due to the lost of a love one due to homicide. We also advocate to improve communications and services through law enforcement, ordinances and laws.

GRIEVE is a non-profit support group that provides resources, advocacy, and support to individuals who have lost loved ones to homicide, suicide, gangs, domestic violence, and substance abuse. GRIEVE also advocates improved communications between the affected communities and law enforcement. Through a Conflict Resolution Center and the GRIEVE partnership, Community Haven will help families heal and seek justice within the ordinance of the law and NOT desire to avenge their loved ones’ death. The goal of this network is to uncover the root cause of the violent behavior through therapy and introduce positive alternatives to violence.

BETTY MADDOX BATTLE

Founder of Homicide Support Group,
Grieving Relatives in Every Violent Event (GRIEVE)

Mrs. Betty Maddox Battle is a passionate, dedicated, and committed servant for a peaceful and safe community. Through her work in law enforcement and the tragedy that impacted her personal life, she has helped a multitude with healing and finding peace in their lives.

Mrs. Maddox founded the homicide support group, Grieving Relatives In Every Violent Event (GRIEVE), a grass roots organization responding to the needs and growing interests of the African American community. As founder of GRIEVE, she advocates for the fundamental rights of victims of crimes with compassion, honesty, dignity, and most importantly love.

Mrs. Battle works with individual families, schools, churches, and other civic groups in fostering non-violence through proven Conflict Resolution methods and educating youth about the consequences of drugs, alcohol, gang and teen violence. Her volunteerism includes serving as Vice President of the DeKalb County Regional Youth Detention Center.

For twenty-five years, she served the community as a Crime Scene Investigator in the Special Investigation Division of the DeKalb County Police Department and five years as a Public Education Specialist with DeKalb County Fire and Rescue.