Month: April 2012

You’ve Got The Power

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By Cheryl Mattox Berry One of the most powerful things to emerge from the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin is a new level of activism among young people. From participating in marches to staging walkouts at dozens of Miami-Dade high schools, students have been moved to take action. Social media – specifically texting and […]

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Think Before You Ink

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By Cheryl Mattox Berry A few months before her 18th birthday, Shavonda asked her mother if she could get a tattoo. Her mother said no. She got her name framed by wings and a halo tattooed on her arm anyway and hid it from her mother. Within two months, Shavonda also got a butterfly tattooed […]

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