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Finding Courage Through Gender and Personal Goals

Andrea Loaiza and Stephen Lyons November 19, 2018

Two concepts that go together, but aren’t often seen together, are courage and gender. Anne Nicholas, the Vice President of Affiliate Marketing for NBC, thinks these two go hand in hand. She was...

Student Alex Wind from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School speaks to the crowd during a protest, following a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, U.S., February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins - RC16D1A24280

What Can Be Done?

April 24, 2018

In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland that left 17 people dead and another 17 injured, the conversation has since been focused on all that can be done in order to prevent similar incidents from...

Which Holds More?

Which Holds More?

April 24, 2018

Since 2007, at least 173 people have been killed in mass shootings in the United States involving AR-15s, according to a New York Timesanalysis. No one would have expected that the popular military-style...

Run, Hide, Fight

Run, Hide, Fight

April 23, 2018

“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” a staff member mumbled. “Who thought it would get to a point where I would have to learn how to defend my kids from a shooter?” Anxious whispers filled...

podcast

December 2, 2016

Podcast   Hello and thank you for tuning in to Voices by The Impact news.   I am Jihyon Cha from South Korea.   As an exchange student studying in the United States’,...

Flowers’ Former Coach Praises His Leadership; Friends Mourn Loss

Laine Griffin, Associate Editor November 15, 2016

“It was surreal. You hear about young people leaving us too early, but this was the first time I’ve ever lost a former player like this. I’ve lost friends and family to cancer, but never a player...

‘I Am A Survivor’

October 6, 2016

What is the definition of a survivor? One definition says: “A person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardships, or setbacks.” Another states: “A person who survives,...

‘One Word: Terrorism’

October 6, 2016

Merryl and Brian have coped with this tragedy in similar yet different ways. Merryl tried group therapy. She made a commitment and said she would give it a try but never lived up to that commitment....

The Nightmare Still Lingers

‘The Nightmare Still Lingers’

October 6, 2016

Merryl Wiener, sixty years old, sits on the subway trapped underground, though the train is still moving. It stops. The doors open and people flood in. Panic strikes her face as her breathing...

The Reflection Pool

‘The Reflection Pool’

October 6, 2016

Every year on Sept. 11 in Battery Park City, New York, blue tribute lights are lit up 4,000 feet into the sky to represent the towers that once stood tall. One evening, Brian and Cyndi were walking...

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