Before the Class of 2020 finished their high school careers, 19 peers 18 or younger were killed.
Here is a thread about how this violence impacts Montgomery’s youth:
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Here is a thread about how this violence impacts Montgomery’s youth:
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“When a soldier returns home, they’re not in that battlefield. These kids, we send them back to that battlefield every day."
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“Imagine how it felt listening to my son, at 7 years old, explain how he is going to end his life so he could go be with his big brother. Imagine how that feels for me. This is because of what this person has done.” https://bit.ly/33qb5Ti ">https://bit.ly/33qb5Ti&q...
One month into her senior year, Helen Brown’s boyfriend was shot to death in a McDonald’s parking lot. In such a short life, she& #39;s experienced a kind of ongoing trauma that few adults can imagine.
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Here are the names and faces of the 19 who died too early:
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In addition to the loss of classmates, many of the community’s young people have lost parents, siblings, aunts and uncles and cousins and neighbors who were gunned down. https://bit.ly/33pxX5B ">https://bit.ly/33pxX5B&q...
And this is why, when we talk about education, this story is so important:
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For this project, the @MGMAdvertiser partnered with @ArtByKevinKing, who called on local artists to illustrate the impact violence has on communities. https://bit.ly/2PjAoOO ">https://bit.ly/2PjAoOO&q...
We also asked local leaders to write about it from their perspectives.
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Of the 19 killings, four remain unsolved. https://bit.ly/31lRUHA ">https://bit.ly/31lRUHA&q...