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Monterey Park Community Gathers for ‘Resiliency Day’ to Honor Victims of 2023 Mass Shooting

VIA ABC News | January 22, 2026

We want to deliver a message that we are with them, we remember, and we're still with them, and we support them.

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Two Stories of Resilience

VIA United Methodist Creation Justice Movement | March 26, 2025

Our communities can be resilient through the love that we show for one other.

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Learning Facility in Newtown to Honor Sandy Hook School Shooting Victim

VIA NBC News | December 4, 2024

While it's a sad day for us as a family and her loss is palpable, it is also a day of hope and celebration that we can continue to honor her life and her legacy in such a remarkable way.

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9/11 Firefighter’s Daughter Says Helping Kids Is How She Honors Her ‘Father’s Legacy’ — and Heals

VIA People | September 20, 2024

My father’s legacy is alive in all that I do. Every day, I try to channel his ability to make today’s kids feel special, important, and like nothing can stand in their way — just like he did for me.

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Indigenous HOOPS program supports Indigenous youth and mental health

VIA ABC News | March 26, 2024

It gives me a made-family that I made and created myself

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Red Cross Volunteers Remember 9/11

| September 12, 2023

We owe so much to all who gave of themselves to help our city and our nation heal.

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September 12th: Reflections on September 11th From an Airline Worker

VIA StoryCorps | September 8, 2021

I feel like in some ways I've come out of a shadow and I'm back in the light now.

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How Survivors of Mass Shootings Are Helping a New Generation Heal

VIA Deseret News | August 31, 2021

A hug from another survivor is different from someone who is trying to console you...you're not alone.

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From students to doctors; 2 colleagues connected by the Joplin tornado

VIA KSHB | May 20, 2021

The tornado made me want to do medicine here...I think one of the greatest gifts you can do is to give back to your community.

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We Have to Grieve Our Last Good Days

VIA The Atlantic | March 30, 2021

When we normalize and respect our own losses, that gives us the energy to respect other losses.

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