PEACEFUL RESILENCE
8” x 10”
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Oil
This painting is included in my “ripped from the headlines” collection. On her day off
on 2” cradled
from caring for patients in the Banner Health COVID-19 unit, intensive care unit nurse Lauren Leander went to the Arizona State Capitol on April 20, to meet those protesting the stay at home orders without wearing masks. She stood in a silent protest as, she
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said, people approached her enraged. "We were able to sort of take a back seat and
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really just be a witness to their story and their suffering and what they had to say," she
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said. “We wanted to be there as a voice for the healthcare workers and we wanted to be heard and seen louder than the misinformation and fear that has been sweeping nation," Leander said.
