Lost one of us at Thea Bowman Leadership Academy

This past week was a difficult week for all of us. We lost one of our students, Annette January, to gun violence. I didn't know her personally but from what I heard, she was phenomenal. It was one of those experiences where students just needed an ear in this difficult time. Many of them needed the time to talk but I didn't know how to approach it because I didn't know how to hold myself from crying in front of them.

I tried to focus attention on what matters today and told them that she would want them to do move forward.  We were just in an anti-violence rally two days prior and to be informed of the news on Monday was just heartbreaking.