Last Monday night local middle school students shared their thoughts on suicide and mental health, women’s reproductive rights, animal euthanasia, LGBTQ+ rights, pollution, artificial intelligence and other weighty topics.
Transylvania County’s next generation of civic leaders used the year-end Democracy Project awards gala to display their interpretations of how they can participate in a democratic society.
The public is invited to attend the poetry contest awards ceremony at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 6, at the Mary C. Jenkins Community and Cultural Center (MCJCCC), 221 Mills Ave.,