*Video mentions suicide*
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Video transcription: We have lost all three of our children to suicide, and pain, and killing drugs. Our children should have been given a fighting chance—had they gotten the mental health care we all deserve. There should have been crime scene tape around every one of their bodies. There should be crime scene tape around every one of our children's bodies that fall in the streets. Since 1999, suicide is up 71%
for our men, 139% for our women. I am enraged by the injustice of a health
care system that does not care...for our children. To remember them is to love them. Forward together! Not one step back! Forward together! Not one step back!
“We are not going back. We are not returning to the days of back room abortions, when countless women died or were maimed. The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family and a physician to make, not the government.” -Bernie Sanders
L.A. based artist @coriemattie took this quote to heart, and applied it to the creation of a new piece in Los Angeles, California.
“I wanted to create a piece that looks like we have stepped back in time, because unfortunately, we have. A fundamental right was stripped from people, and there is no light way to portray the magnitude of this issue. If this continues, the future is headed in a dark direction. These pieces are a reminder that we cannot allow history to repeat itself.”
Thank you @coriemattie for reaching out and asking me to document. Special thanks to @amarimdixon & @rockmyworldrocky for directing & assisting with this shoot.
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