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The Bravest Woman I Know, Alexa Laboy
The Bravest Woman I Know, Alexa Laboy
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On Friday, April 20, 2018, Gettysburg College students organized a campus-wide walkout to protest all forms of gun violence as part of Gettysburg College’s first annual Peace and Justice Week. Over the next several days, SURGE published the poems and personal testimonies of the student speakers who participated in the event.
Just imagine witnessing your best friend’s boyfriend beating her, beating their children.
What would you do?
My sister is the bravest woman I know. She came in between the blows to her best friend’s face and his fists. My sister is scared of nothing and of no one, which …
I Have Not Lost Someone To Gun Violence, Mattelyn R. Wadley
I Have Not Lost Someone To Gun Violence, Mattelyn R. Wadley
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On Friday, April 20, 2018, Gettysburg College students organized a campus-wide walkout to protest all forms of gun violence as part of Gettysburg College’s first annual Peace and Justice Week. Over the next several days, SURGE published the poems and personal testimonies of the student speakers who participated in the event.
I have not lost someone to gun violence, but
When I hear the word gun…
I still picture children’s bodies lying lifeless on the floor of a blue-carpeted classroom [excerpt]