June 1, 2020: The Day My World Changed...Again

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Lynette Trawick.

Date: June 12, 2020

Situation: The murder of George Floyd occurred on May 25th, 2020. Protests and civil unrest began on May 26, 2020. On the night of May 31, 2020 in the city of Philadelphia, angry citizens took to the streets for a violent display of rioting and looting which shook the City of Brotherly Love to the core. All hell had broken loose. The windows of small businesses were smashed, people stormed the streets to grab what they could and fights and violent attacks on any and everyone ensued. On the morning of June 1, 2020, I was scheduled to do a virtual presentation for a major organization in Ohio. However, as I started my "normal" wellness routine that morning, I quickly learned that nothing about that morning was normal.

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