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A Letter to My Fellow Architects of Change

A Letter to My Fellow Architects of Change

By Maria Shriver
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I wrote this week’s essay before political activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down on Wednesday afternoon. I didn’t know him personally, and our politics weren’t the same, but the news and video rocked me to my core and took my breath away.

I first heard about it from my son in our family text chain. Each of my grown kids, all similar in age to Kirk, reacted with horror and disbelief.

The brutality of his murder, caught on video, left them all feeling shaken and fearing for our country. I told them not to watch the video, reminded them I loved them, and asked them to pray for Kirk’s wife, children, family, and friends.

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