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John, tomorrow marks seven years since the unthinkable happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and seventeen lives were tragically lost.
I was giving a quiz to my students and placing Hershey Kisses on their desk to celebrate Valentine’s Day. But the next few hours would be filled with terror and grief.
It was the hardest day of my life, and one that would impact me for eternity.
I still work at Marjory Stoneman Douglas. It’s not easy to go to work every day at the same place where three of my colleagues and fourteen students were killed, but I still show up every day.
I do it because I have to – for myself, for the students, for the community. But I refuse to believe we can’t do better for our children, John.
That’s how I got involved in gun control advocacy and with Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence. Our children deserve better, our teachers deserve better, and our country deserves better. As I got deeper into this work, I learned that teachers are critical in the fight for safer schools, but far too few are heard.
And that’s why we started Teachers Unify: We’re giving voice to teachers’ perspective on guns and gun violence – a voice often left out of the conversation.
We’re fighting for my friends, my colleagues, my students, for everyone that has had to face gun violence.
Since that tragic day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, I’ve used my voice for change – to prevent more families from going through what my students, colleagues, and I had to go through… And I’m so grateful you’ve joined me in this fight.
Thank you.
Sarah Lerner
Co-Founder, Teachers Unify To End Gun Violence
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