Luke asked in a comment about local reaction to the massacre on Friday. I have been following reports in the Binghamton newspaper, which are almost too heartbreaking to read.
The American Civic Association, where it happened, is a private agency that has been helping immigrants adjust to life in the U.S. for decades. Most of the victims were there to take an English class in preparation for their U.S. citizenship exams. They were from all over the world: Brazil, China, Pakistan, Iraq. A husband and wife from Haiti died together, leaving two young children behind. That it happened at all is terrible. That it happened to hopeful people who were working so hard to realize their dreams of becoming American citizens is unspeakable.
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Should we make a donation to the ACA?
That's just awful.
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