Online With Bill Alexander

On this episode of 1 on 1 with Bill Alexander, Bill talks with form Pennsylvania State Representative and Community Activist Movita Johnson-Harrell. On January 13, 2011, Movita’s youngest of four children, Charles Andre Johnson, 18 years old, was shot and killed in a case of mistaken identity. Philadelphia police found that Charles was killed by two young men 23 and 25 years old with previous arrest records. In January of 2018, Movita was appointed Supervisor of Victim/Witness Services and Restorative Justice at the. Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office by District Attorney Lawrence Krasner, becoming the first Muslim woman appointed to a supervisory law enforcement position in the city of Philadelphia. Movita created the Philadelphia CARES Model that brought $1.6 million dollars and 15 jobs to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to support co-victims of homicide and prevent retaliation. On March 12th, 2019, Movita won the special election for State Representative for the 190th legislative district