Charlottesville activist Heather Heyer's mother: ‘Am I supposed to sit at home and cry?’
Susan Bro’s daughter was killed while protesting against a far-right rally in Virginia. She has set up a foundation in her memory to fight for social justice, and explains why it has helped cope with her grief
Susan Bro jokes that she gives hugs for a living. Often, a stranger will approach her on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, and ask her if she is Heather Heyer’s mother. Then they ask for a hug. She’s fine with that, but she won’t accept charity. For a while, she and her husband couldn’t go to a restaurant without a well-wisher offering to pick up the bill.
“Why am I getting a present because my daughter died?” she asks from the office of the fledgling . “That doesn’t make sense to
