I originally learned of your blog a few months ago. I am a high school teacher in Oakland and too many of my students have had their lives damaged by violence. I think your blog is very powerful; although it is simple, listing only a few facts it also says so much more and it is also a testament to and of the violence that has taken our community hostage. Each person lost is a like another psychic wound. The entire city is suffering from PTSD, but there can be no healing as this wound is ripped open many times each month.
I think your blog shows honor to the victims; memorializes their lives and their deaths. Thank you for the time and effort and emotion that must go into such a labor, which is truly a labor of love.
Rigoberto Aleman, 32
Nic:
ReplyDeleteI originally learned of your blog a few months ago. I am a high school teacher in Oakland and too many of my students have had their lives damaged by violence. I think your blog is very powerful; although it is simple, listing only a few facts it also says so much more and it is also a testament to and of the violence that has taken our community hostage. Each person lost is a like another psychic wound. The entire city is suffering from PTSD, but there can be no healing as this wound is ripped open many times each month.
I think your blog shows honor to the victims; memorializes their lives and their deaths. Thank you for the time and effort and emotion that must go into such a labor, which is truly a labor of love.
Deb
Deb:
ReplyDeleteYour words of encouragement are appreciated, and I agree with your PTSD comment.
As a teacher in Oakland, you are part of the solution!
Nic