“Education is about preparing our students for their future careers and to be successful in the world around us, and part of that foundation is civic engagement," Reynolds said.
Monday night, Reynolds issued a statement supporting the students' right to protest. Students one by one shook hands and took a photo with Reynolds and Gregg, and received a certificate during the program. Organizers say 349 students attended the event. The program honors the highest-achieving students from each of Iowa's high schools. The Iowa Governor’s Scholar Program is a partnership between the Iowa High School Athletic Association, the governor's office and sponsor Iowa Farm Bureau. In addition, lawmakers passed an education bill that, once signed into law, will make it easier to ban books and curb LGBTQ instruction in public schools. The protest comes as Iowa has passed a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors and other legislation that advocates say is some of the most restrictive in the nation targeting the LGBTQ community. I want to inconvenience her, to make her realize that this is an issue." "We're not going to be protesting in a way that is comfortable for her that she can act like it doesn't exist or that it's some minor inconvenience. "I need to make it clear to her that we're not gonna be silent," Springsteen said of Reynolds. While Springsteen's message was meant for Reynolds, by Monday night it had been heard by tens of thousands of people as clips of her statement and the protests of Newton High School seniors Miran Pettigrew and Leo Friedman made the rounds on Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.
Then, as Iowa's two top officials turned away, Springsteen said loudly, "Trans rights are human rights." An Iowa Events Center video captured the whole thing.įour dead in Georgia shooting 4 dead after Georgia gunman kills relatives and McDonald's worker, then himself 'We're not going to be silent' Instead, Springsteen, who is a transgender woman, walked across the stage wearing a pink, white and light blue tie to represent the transgender flag, and pins that read "Trans Rights Are Human Rights" and "She Her" as she reached out to shake the hand of the governor and also Lt. A memorial continues to grow with flowers, stuffed animals and other items being added around the two sets of crosses installed at the outlet entrance.Davenport West High School senior Clementine Springsteen had planned to quietly accept her Iowa Governor's Scholar certificate from Gov. Hundreds of people gathered throughout the day outside of the mall entrance, paying respects, offering prayers and concern for the victims and their families.
He shared photos of his son and said he was out with friends at the outlet when they split up to go their separate ways after finishing shopping. Telemundo 39 spoke to Cumana-Rivas' father who is a university teacher in Venezuela. The other three people killed in the shooting have been identified as 26-year-old Aishwarya Thatikonda, of McKinney, who worked as an engineer 20-year-old Christian LaCour, who worked as a security guard at the mall and was credited Tuesday by Allen Chief of Police Brian Harvey as evacuating one person before he was shot and 32-year-old Elio Cumana-Rivas, of Dallas. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mendoza family, the families of the victims, and all those affected by this senseless tragedy," said David Vinson, Wylie ISD superintendent. "Words cannot express the sadness we feel as we grieve the loss of our students. The girls' mother, Ilda, remains in critical condition, according to the district. The district identified the students as 11-year-old fourth-grader Daniela Mendoza and 8-year-old second-grader Sofia Mendoza. The Wylie ISD said two Cox Elementary School students also died in the shooting. An artist paints on crosses the names of eight victims killed Saturday, May 6, 2023, in a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, photo taken Monday, May 8, 2023.
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