Our Story

Honor-With-Action began with a simple belief: every victim deserves to be remembered as a person, not just a headline.

 

For me, that belief began with a young lady named Maida Goldstein.

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Maida wasn't just a name I came across while researching a case. She was someone I had met. She was a friend of my sister's. Although I was young at the time, I remember talking with her, laughing with her, and giving her hugs. She was a real person with dreams, relationships, and a future ahead of her.

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When Maida was killed in an act of domestic violence at just 19 years old in January of 2022, I found myself returning to one question: "How do we make sure people remember who she was, not just what happened to her?"

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As I searched for that answer, I watched a 90-minute review of All the Empty Rooms, an Academy Award-winning short film about the lasting impact of gun violence on families. During the review, journalist Anderson Cooper said something that has stayed with me ever since:

"While everybody else moves on, from what is [just] a story to them, the families never move on."

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 I realized that prayers, grief and empathy alone weren't enough.

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If I truly wanted to honor Maida—and the countless other victims whose lives are too often reduced to headlines—I needed to do something. I needed to take action.

Honor-With-Action was created to preserve victims' stories, make public records and court proceedings more understandable, educate others about violence prevention, and continue following cases long after public attention fades.

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This project began because of Maida, and today, it exists for every victim and every family still waiting to be heard, remembered, and supported.​

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​"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot give." — Jamie Anderson

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*DISCLAIMER: All information featured by Honor-With-Action is gathered from publicly available sources, including court records, law enforcement documents, official reports, public records, and information released by families or reputable media outlets. We are committed to presenting information as accurately and responsibly as possible while remaining respectful to victims, survivors, and their loved ones.