Defiance: A Survivor Fighting for Justice Through Poetry Teen - Grade 7-9- Age 12-14 and the power of community

and the power of community

also of days of silence turned into song and resurrection

taking us to the origins of her autobiographical book

always remember this

Defiance: A Survivor Fighting for Justice Through Poetry Teen - Grade 7-9- Age 12-14 and the power of communityThe seeds of inspiration behind Defiance: A Survivor Fighting for Justice Through Poetry starts with the arrest of Marybeth Tinning, my grandparents next door neighbor and family friend, who spent decades in jail for murdering her infant daughter Tammy Lynn. Being forced, as a child, into silence about my personal connection to an alleged child serial killer continues to haunt me. In addition, the children of several Schenectady Police Officers