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Just got back from a weekend of talks in Chicago, along with the McCourt Brothers, Malachy and Alphie…
Spent today, All Souls Day, visiting students at four Boston Public Schools which use All Souls (and uaually Easter Rising) in the classroom (Codman Academy in Dorchester, Boston Arts Academy, Fenway High School, and Boston Day and Evening Academy in Roxbury). I launched the entire Boston Public School marathon last week with an appearance at assembly for 150 Charlestown High School students who’d all been assigned All Souls. At Codman Academy today, students read passages of All Souls to me and talked about their personal connections to each passage, e.g. one young woman related to my outrage at the injustices in my brother Steven’s case, telling me — and the assembly of students and faculty — that she experienced similar rage at her sisters imprisonment on murder charges. I was so moved by the experience at Codman Academy that I announced that this would become an annual institution, making pro bono appearances in the Boston Public Schools every year on All Souls Day (and the following days), thus bringing the intentions of the All Souls Day vigils we once held in South Boston, into the schools (where they are as relevant as ever).
Tomorrow (Tuesday) on to East Boston High School to talk to 200 students who have been assigned All Souls.
Thanks to Joyce Linehan of Ashmont Media for volunteering as heroic driver, getting me to all appointments on time!