By Mindy Fischer on March 21, 2018
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Barack and Michelle Obama just sent a beautiful handwritten letter to the student survivors-turned-activists in Parkland, Florida. “You’ve helped awaken the conscience of the nation.” On Wednesday, Mic published a great letter written by former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The letter was written on March 10th and was sent to the […]
By Mindy Fischer on March 16, 2018
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Some schools are now punishing students who participated in the walk-out for gun control on Wednesday. One school is even using corporal punishment. On Wednesday, students at thousands of schools across the country walked out of their classes to protest gun violence and demand common sense gun control. The protest marked the one month point […]
By Mindy Fischer on February 28, 2018
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Let’s just arm the teachers they said… what could possibly go wrong they said… Since the mass slaughter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Donald Trump and his Republican toadies have been insisting that the solution to gun violence is to just arm all of the teachers. And now, exactly two weeks […]
By Mindy Fischer on February 15, 2018
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OMG this is so powerful, just heart wrenching. This is a really tough one to watch. This mother is devastated after her 14-year-old daughter was shot and killed at her Parkland, Florida high school on Wednesday. Her pain is raw and palpable. But she’s also sending a powerful message to Donald Trump. Lori Alhadeff’s daughter, […]
By Mindy Fischer on February 15, 2018
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I am more than upset about yet another mass school shooting. I am pissed. Something MUST be done about this senseless and preventable violence. I’m glad I found this poem. This guy says exactly what I’m feeling today. ENOUGH! Well, here we are again. Right back where we were after Columbine. And where we were […]
By Mindy Fischer on February 15, 2018
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And now they own this carnage. Donald Trump and the Republicans are, once again, choosing not to deal with the rampantĀ gun violence in this country. As they’ve done after every other school shooting, they are focused solely on mental illness. So if they believe that all of this carnage is due to mental illness, why […]