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KIDS AND CAUSES

An Energetic Duo Works to Persuade Peers to Drop their Weapons

By Meg Sommerfeld

When Emily Spencer and Shay Migl first met at Rosemont Middle School in Norfolk, Va., through an afterschool program called Hands Without Guns, it was their differences that stood out. One was white, one was black; one was outgoing, the other was shy; and one grew up hearing gunshots in her neighborhood at night while the other...

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