On August 26, 1920, our Constitution grew, as did our society’s recognition of who is seen as equal under the law. That was the day the 19th Amendment became part of the very foundation of our legal system, giving the right to vote to women!
Columbine High School (Columbine, Colorado), April 1999: Students grieve the death of their friend Rachel,whose car remained in the school parking lot. 12 students and one teacher were killed; 21 other students suffered gunshot wounds.
In the national grief that, for the zillionth time, envelops us after an act of mass murder at an American school, house of worship, shopping center, or other public gathering place, my thoughts return to high schoolers, college students, and other young adults. These are the people I have spent most of my time with throughout my adult life, as I’ve worn the vocational hats of teacher, minister, activist, and now, once again, teacher.