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Students will gather to hear reflections from guest speakers including:
Allen Ellison, who is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate after growing up in a mobile home in Wauchula with six siblings;
Desmond Mead, who earned a law degree after serving time in prison, and is now the executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Commission;
Rene Caldwell, daughter of T.H. Poole Sr., former state chairman of the NAACP and instrumental figure in Lake County s civil rights efforts;
Mae Hazelton, who attended Tavares High School when it desegregated, was a civil servant in the federal government and received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award;
LEESBURG Chad Massey II will turn 18 years old on Feb. 12, making him eligible to register to vote.
Massey, a senior at Umatilla High School, is excited for the opportunity, but participating in America s democracy does not come without apprehension. Massey sees a political climate growing more contentious by the day with accusations of election fraud, violence and hyper-partisanship and is unsure whether his vote will matter. It s a broken world, he said.
As Joe Biden, the nation s 46th president, prepares for his inauguration Wednesday, more than 21,500 National Guard members were mobilized to Washington, D.C. The increased security comes after a riot broke out at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress sought to certify Biden s victory against Donald Trump. Five people died, and more than 70 people (and counting) face federal charges. Elected officials hid beneath desks.
Once trained, students are called ambassadors. They do not counsel troubled students.
Mount Dora is the fourth school in Lake that will receive You re Not Alone training.
Lake Minneola was the first in 2019.
MOUNT DORA Wearing a red I m Smiling mask, Kennedy Thompson took a seat among 50 socially distanced students in Mount Dora High School s auditorium Thursday morning.
They were there for the first step in a team-building exercise that could have long-lasting implications. The students listened attentively to a 30-minute presentation about You re Not Alone, a mental health awareness program in which teens are trained to help direct students in crisis to the proper resources.