
Renae moves hedge clippers, gloves and used coffee mugs off a table in her backyard and wipes it down. She scans the lawn behind her modest home in the rural South for folding chairs and pulls up three. There are paper plates for pizza. Renae is about to host a gathering with a singular goal: saving lives.
"Hey baby, you sit right here," Renae says to Christina, the first guest to arrive. "Just get your stuff ready."