Standing for Awareness
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Laura Daugherty, age 20, freshman at Warner, and Joyelle Mandy, age 22, a senior at Warner, hold their signs on the corner of Scenic and Central Thursday afternoon.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Kalyn Safreed helps Shelby Jackson with some red tape for her display. The two, students at Warner University, helped spearhead the school's 27-Hour-Stand.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
These Warner University students stood on the corner of Scenic Hwy. and Central Avenue Thursday afternoon in Lake Wales, to raise awareness that slavery still exists. They are part of a 27-Hour-Stand, in which group members of Crossroads College Ministry at First Baptist Church, many of whom attend Warner University, held signs and stood for 27 hours at Warner and in downtown Lake Wales.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
This furry little one was carried to the demonstration, and declined comment. She was just trying to stay warm.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Kalyn Safreed helps Shelby Jackson with some red tape for her display. The two, students at Warner University, helped spearhead the school's 27-Hour-Stand.
PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY
Lake Wales Student Art Show founder Ann Norton and current chair Melody McKenna open the show at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Mar. 23 at the Lake Wales Depot Museum. The show runs through April 6.
By KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
klberkowitz@heartlandnewspapers.com
They occupied a street corner on a cold and windy Thursday afternoon, holding signs, smiling and waving, hoping to raise awareness that slavery still exists.
The Warner University students, most of whom are also members of Pastor Matt Simpson’s Crossroads College Ministry group that meets at First Baptist every Wednesday evening, were quick to talk to the media to spread their message. The project, Stand for Freedom, is connected with a larger national effort which stemmed from the Passion Conference, led by the Passion City Church in Atlanta, Ga., which involved Lou Giglio and Chris Tomlin. It runs from March 5-15.
