Register for 10 Years Later: Conversations about courage and resiliency with Gabby Giffords and friends
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USA TODAY, the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com, and The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, invite you to join us after a year of great loss as we offer insights about resiliency and hope in the year ahead from survivors of a tremendous hardship who have moved forward from the events of January 8, 2011 with courage.
You'll hear:
A statement from Gabby Giffords.
A conversation with Dr. Fabi Hirsch of the Aphasia Center of Tucson and Arizona Republic journalist Karina Bland.
A conversation with Dr. Randall Friese, who was working in the ER and treated victims that day, now a state representative for Southern Arizona, with former Arizona Daily Star journalist Stephanie Innes, who is now at the Arizona Republic.
A personal story from survivor Daniel Hernandez, who was at Giffords’ side that day, now a state representative for Southern Arizona.
A personal story from survivors Mary Reed and daughter Emma McMahon, who were targeted by the shooter.
A conversation with Patricia Maisch and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, Opinion Editor at the Arizona Daily Star. Maisch will talk about pouring herself into advocacy as a means of recovery. On that day in 2011, she wrestled ammunition away from the shooter and stopped him from reloading his gun.
A poem and conversation from Arizona poet laureate Alberto Rios who is also the Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
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