Oak Forest HS Students Attend Seminar about Violence

Oak Forest High School FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America) students attended a seminar at Tinley Park High School about different types of violence. In this seminar, they heard from three guest speakers who have dealt with violence in one way or another. Guest speakers were Susan Brauer who has been a victim of domestic violence, Otis Lane and Maurice Johnson who were involved in gang violence, and Ryan Gulli who is a Midlothian police officer and deals with violence on a regular basis on the streets. Students created posters about what “Stop the Violence” means to them. Seen here are (back row, l to r): Samantha Colunga, Kailee Papendik, Brianna Hunt, Mikayla Smith, Marion Smith, Christopher Smith, Tamia Ballentine, Kayla James, Deminique Enriquez, Jessica Janecyk, Mia Herrera, Hannah Edwards, Sabrina Madrid, Karlee Knudson, Amanda Sanchez, and Destiny Harris; (second row, l to r): Diamond Cook, Bushira Aminu, Desiree Rodriguez, Natalia Cuellar, DeVonn Henderson, Cynthia Stevens, Yahaira Morales, Yuridia Rodriguez; (front row, l to r): Alyssa Keller, Mrs. Blair.