"Nurturing, Healing, Love" — How a Six-Year-Old's Last Chalkboard Message Became a Movement That Reached Millions
After losing her six-year-old son Jesse in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Scarlett Lewis discovered three words he had written on their kitchen chalkboard that morning — "Nurturing Healing Love" — and turned them into a nationwide movement teaching children to choose love over hate. The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement now operates in all 50 U.S. states and over 120 countries, providing free social-emotional learning programs to millions of students.
May 30, 2026