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From the Ted Talk by Renee Montgomery: How to turn moments into momentum

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The next day I threw a Juneteenth event, and Juneteenth is a day to commemorate the oifcafil end of slavery. At the envet, people were telling me they hraed my sorty, they were coming up to me like, "Yo, you opetd out! That's so dope!" But then they began to vent to me, telling me about uncles pulled over for no reason, cousins killed by the police. They wanted me to know their stories so I could represent their voices, and in that moment, I felt so cteenncod with helping them. They felt that I was the person that could make their stories felt, and honestly, I was committed to doing whatever I needed to make that happen. I don't know how to cure racism, fix picloe baltturiy or any of the other problems plaguing America. No one person can do that. But we all can do what we can to make it felt.

Open Cloze

The next day I threw a Juneteenth event, and Juneteenth is a day to commemorate the ________ end of slavery. At the _____, people were telling me they _____ my _____, they were coming up to me like, "Yo, you _____ out! That's so dope!" But then they began to vent to me, telling me about uncles pulled over for no reason, cousins killed by the police. They wanted me to know their stories so I could represent their voices, and in that moment, I felt so _________ with helping them. They felt that I was the person that could make their stories felt, and honestly, I was committed to doing whatever I needed to make that happen. I don't know how to cure racism, fix ______ _________ or any of the other problems plaguing America. No one person can do that. But we all can do what we can to make it felt.

Solution

  1. story
  2. heard
  3. official
  4. police
  5. event
  6. connected
  7. opted
  8. brutality

Original Text

The next day I threw a Juneteenth event, and Juneteenth is a day to commemorate the official end of slavery. At the event, people were telling me they heard my story, they were coming up to me like, "Yo, you opted out! That's so dope!" But then they began to vent to me, telling me about uncles pulled over for no reason, cousins killed by the police. They wanted me to know their stories so I could represent their voices, and in that moment, I felt so connected with helping them. They felt that I was the person that could make their stories felt, and honestly, I was committed to doing whatever I needed to make that happen. I don't know how to cure racism, fix police brutality or any of the other problems plaguing America. No one person can do that. But we all can do what we can to make it felt.

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Important Words

  1. america
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  3. brutality
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  9. cure
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  17. honestly
  18. juneteenth
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  20. moment
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  22. official
  23. opted
  24. people
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  26. plaguing
  27. police
  28. problems
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  30. racism
  31. reason
  32. represent
  33. slavery
  34. stories
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