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title: Community celebrates 'Random Gestures of Compassion' in honor of Reese Grant-Cobb
description: "News: Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock proclaimed July 20, 2022 \"Random Gestures of Compassion Day.\" The recognition is in honor of Reese Grant-Cobb, a 17-year-old DSST: Montview student who was killed in 2018."
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# [Community celebrates 'Random Gestures of Compassion' in honor of Reese Grant-Cobb](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/community-celebrates-random-gestures-of-compassion-in-honor-of-reese-grant-cobb)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 08/25/22

Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock proclaimed July 20, 2022 “Random Gestures of Compassion Day.”

The recognition is in honor of Reese Grant-Cobb, a 17-year-old DSST: Montview student who was killed in 2018, just weeks before his 18th birthday.

He was also a standout on the East High School football team and his friends [called him](https://www.westword.com/news/auviauntea-evans-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison-for-murder-of-reese-grant-cobb-11481426) a “Renaissance man.” July 20 would have been Grant-Cobb's 22nd birthday.

“The month of July is the hardest month of the year for me because the beginning of the month is the anniversary of his death — he was attacked on July 1 and then died on July 2 — then July 20 … is his birthday,” said Beverly Grant, Reese’s mother. 

Read the full [Rocky Mountain PBS](https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mountain-pbs/reese-grant-cobb-random-gestures-of-compassion-day/) article here.

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