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Your fav student Journalist Maxine Colvin

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Laverne Cox opened up to Rhode Island students about her mental, physical, and emotional journey as a black, trans woman living in a world that isn’t always loving and accepting. #RICwriting2019

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Cox was the first openly trans actor to be nominated for an emmy award #RICwriting2019

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Laverne Cox is an LGBTQ+ activist who continues to fight for trans rights and is currently speaking to different schools about her story as a trans woman #RICwriting2019

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“I am beautifully and divinely made,” said Cox

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Laverne Cox receives a standing ovation as she crosses the stage to open up her speech at Rhode Island College #RICwriting2019

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“Some of us get to open doors, others get to walk through them,” said Arnesen. #RICwriting2019

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The response from the students showed that many of them spoke a different first language other than English and that their parents and even some of them were born in a different country. #RICwriting2019

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Rosa Ramos has the audience raise their hands if they or their families were born in a different country, showing just how diverse this room is. #RICWriting2019

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“Right after the shooting happened it was hard to figure out what I was supposed to do,” said Tyah-Amoy Roberts, an up-and-coming activist and senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. She is a survivor of the shooting. #RICwriting2019

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"You can't bitch if you don't vote," Jeff Foster's lesson to his young students at Stoneman Douglas. #RICWriting2019

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Rey Junco supports his message with Powerpoint slides containing statistics about gun violence and youth voting. #RICwriting2019

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“I began my show by talking about gun violence, every single day,” said Deborah “Arnie” Arnesen, Community activist and Moderator of today’s event. #RICwriting2019

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Jeff Foster, advanced placement government and politics teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is joining us via video chat from Florida #RICwriting2019

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#RICwriting2019 Sapinsley Hall is full of Providence high school students anxiously waiting to hear the Make Way for Gen Z speakers.

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Kuwornu believes in the “power of the media” as a platform to speak to many audiences and spread important messages. #RICWriting2019

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“The society is not working like an individual,” said Kuwornu. #RICWriting2019

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“I dont see a nation as a particular color on a map,” a strong quote from Kuwornu’s documentary. #RICWriting2019

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Kuwornu’s film shares the perspective of young Italians whose families were born in other countries, like him. #RICWriting2019