The Crime Victims Advocacy Council, a Vinings, Georgia-based nonprofit, on Sunday held its 32nd annual Crime Victims' Memorial Service at First Baptist Church of Decatur. The service kicked off National Crime Victims' Rights Week. It was a healing event for victims and survivors of crime and dedicated to providing families an opportunity to honor and remember their loved ones through readings, reflections and music. Representatives of the Cobb County District Attorney's Office, Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, plus a civil justice attorney, a victim advocate and others spoke at the event. During the service, attendees read the names of loved ones and lit candles in their memory. The memorial walls of many of those murdered in metro Atlanta from 1992-2021 were on display, and attendees could bring mementos of loved ones to place at the front of the sanctuary. For more information, visit cvaconline.org.