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16 • COMMUNITY ADVOCATE • Friday, January 21, 2022
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Westborough High School community walks to erase hate By Delaney Vallee and Maggie Hanlon WESTBOROUGH - Westborough High School faculty, staff and students participated in a school-wide Unity Walk on
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Monday afternoon, working to celebrate diversity at the school and to stand up against racism. This followed several incidents of racist graffiti in WHS. Despite the cold temperatures, students and staff walked outside of the school to show their solidarity as a community. Many held signs that expressed their support for all students as well as the need to erase racism in the community. One of the teachers who planned the event was ELL teacher Alkeia Conerly. “This event is so important because it brings not only everyone together, but it brings all cultures together,” she said. “It’s a celebration of diversity and it’s so important because, here at Westborough, we are very diverse.” At the end of the walk, the
From left to right, Matty Burger, Hunter Bramley, Tommy McGinn hold signs during yesterday’s Unity Walk at Westborough High School.
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community gathered in front of Westborough High School for an “Erase Hate” chant and for a reading of Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb.” Gorman wrote and recited that program at President Joe Biden’s inauguration last year.
WHS faculty and staff took turns reading in different languages including Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, Russian, Arabic, and English. Senior Autumn Lieber was one of the individuals who helped recite Gorman’s poem.
“Reading a part of the poem was a great experience for me,” she said. “…I felt like this poem really hit home for many people.” “Hearing others read, like Erase hate | 17
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