Event #1

On October 4th, I had the opportunity to go see Judy Shepard speak. I had heard about Matthew Shepherd's death and the hate crime that had happened. Hearing his mom speak about his death and his coming out story gave me the chills. How come we are still having to have these discussions? Why is this world still full of hate? I sat there feeling like change needs to be made and we need to love and accept one another for who they are. I can relate to this event to Youth Development because we are looking for change, we are advocates for people around us, and if we want change we need to vote. Judy Shepard encouraged us to vote and educate ourselves if we want change.


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