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Interview With Patriots Defensive Lineman Lawrence Guy

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#ICYMI, be sure to check out the @NBCNews Kids Edition interview with Patriots defensive lineman, Lawrence Guy, as he shares words of encouragement, inspiration, and empowerment for children with learning challenges.

Thank you to Lawrence Guy and wife Andrea for all of the wonderful things you do to uplift others!!✨💕

Watch Here:

Part 1: https://nbcnews.to/3A5nomf

Part 2: https://nbcnews.to/3txpFW5

#StandForIzzy

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"She vows to make Izzy’s life matter by speaking out about bullying, racism and the importance of understanding autism so that no other parent has to suffer like she is." - WGNTV/AP News

It's truly heartbreaking that any child should have to suffer in this way. Our sincerest prayer is that this mother is given the platform that she needs to defend the lives of other children that are bullied.

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please know that YOUR LIFE MATTERS and help is just a phone call or text away. To get help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). There is also a crisis text line at 741741. For crisis support in Spanish, call 1-888-628-9454.

#StandForIzzy

https://bit.ly/-Izzy

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Black and Missing Docuseries

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"'We’re motivated to help these families that have no other avenues, nowhere else to turn,' said Natalie Wilson. 'They’re not getting the resources from law enforcement, and the media isn’t covering their story. That’s why the Black & Missing Foundation was created, to be advocates for these families.'" - Natalie Wilson of Black and Missing, Inc.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/-BAMFI

Photo by Black-and-Missing-HBO

Court To Weigh Kinship Priorities

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"A group of legal rights organizations, including the Washington Defender Association, the NAACP, and the ACLU, filed a friend of the court brief that summer, addressing the case's racial aspects.

'Forced family separation — of which the foster care system is the most recent iteration — is a relic of slavery, wherein the State used the courts to rip Black families apart and ignored their pleas of reunification,' the brief stated."

Follow along here: https://bit.ly/-EAmon

Keyon at home with his mother, Salina Simpson, father, Keyon, Sr., and siblings. Photo courtesy of Simpson

New Laws Take Aim At Foster Care-To-Prison Pipeline

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“If you could feel the conflagration of rage born out of powerlessness and the feeling of worthlessness that is cultivated inside a young person raised by the state, you might begin to understand the problem — why raising young people in this way, then throwing them out onto the street makes them incompatible with society — at least incompatible with any society that endeavors to uphold the principle of human dignity.” — Arthur Longworth

Read more here: https://bit.ly/-FC2P

We Celebrate The Firefighters That Keep Our Communities Safe!

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#ICYMI, there was a lot of hard work and planning that went into fighting California's recent wildfires! Watch Great Basin Interagency Incident Management Team 6 (GBIIMT6) explain for students all if the strategy and detail it takes to keep our communities safe!! Thank you to all of the heroes that defend our forests and communities everyday!! ❤️👨‍🚒👩🏾‍🚒👩‍🚒🚒

@GreatBasinCC https://bit.ly/FF-T6

Article by Louie Gasper

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"Group home life was scary and the added adversity molded me into somebody more institutionalized than I ever thought I could become... In many ways, my group home experience was the catalyst of my rebellion later on in my teen years that caused me to engage in delinquent behaviors. It made me feel as if I would never be able to break the institutionalized mindset from living in facilities for two of my most formative years. There is a valid case to be made that no youth in the foster care or the juvenile justice system should be placed into long-term congregate care. However, I think everybody can agree that when foster youth are placed in these spaces, it sends a message that we are criminals — simply for surviving..."

Read more here: https://bit.ly/LGasper

Photo by Brett Sayles

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

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"The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the foundational texts of America and a critical bulwark against discrimination in our voting system. Unfortunately, in the last eight years the Supreme Court dealt two serious blows to the law, which is now simply no longer strong enough to protect Americans from increasingly aggressive voting discrimination. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would strengthen" The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and ensure that all of our citizens maintain the right to vote and make their voices heard.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/Lewis-

Celebrating CHP Motorcycle Officer Josefina Ruiz!

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In honor of the great contributions women make everyday, we celebrate CHP Officer Josefina Ruiz who is the only female CHP Motorcycle Officer in the state of California. Congratulations Officer Ruiz on your awesome accomplishment! Your hard work and dedication to serving our communities is an inspiration to women and girls everywhere!! 👮‍♀️💪🏍️

Thank you to NBC for reporting. Click the link to hear Officer Ruiz's encouraging words: https://bit.ly/JRuiz-