This was posted by Kim over at By Hook or By Book and really needs as much attention as it can get. I hope that helping her put faces to this travesty will bring some thought and action to the future …
One week ago today, one of the worst school shootings took place at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas took place in Parkland, Florida. Today, thousands of students from Palm Beach to Washington D.C., are walking out in protest of state and federal governments refusal to discuss the increasing gun violence in this country and the shameful neglect of the mentally ill, and Parkland school survivors are meeting with some Florida legislators after traveling 400 miles yesterday to Tallahassee. To add further context I’d like to share with you the seventeen people whose lives ended all too soon. I realize this is a long post, but these are not just statistics. These innocents had hopes and dreams that will never be realized. Each of their lives touched hundreds of others, which leads me to wonder what if…
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Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
A student at Stoneman Douglas, Alyssa was a valued member of…
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Thank you for helping me share their lives Nicole. Thank You from the bottom of my heart!🤗
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Any time Kim!! Thank you for your post!!
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Truly heart-breaking… My condolences to all the families affected. Sending my sincere wishes for a safer future environment from across the border.
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I just read the post over on Kim’s blog. Truly a sad event, and something that I hope will never happen again 😢😢 With Trump now considering arming teachers, I fear it might only get worse 😢 It was beautiful post that Kim wrote though.
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I agree this needs all the attention! Fantastic Share, Nichole! I have been trying to reblog on Kim’s page but WordPress is like fuck that shit!
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Ya. WordPress can definitely be a Bitch sometimes!!
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