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Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor (2018-19)

Violet Massie-Vereker is a senior at Pelham Memorial High School. Her experience in journalism includes writing for the News of Pelham for the past two years, serving as Youth Beat Senior Editor and photographer in 2018. In addition to reporting, Violet enjoys writing papers and poetry, and participates in a host of extra-curricular activities, including varsity track and field, Model United Nations and a cappella.

(This was Violet’s profile when she graduated from high school in 2019.)

All content by Violet Massie-Vereker
PMHS students call New York State Senators demanding climate action legislation at school strike, March 15.

Walking out of the climate silence

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinion & Ideas Editor
March 20, 2019

First, to make something clear: the international School Strike For Climate last Friday was led in the form of a walkout in Pelham, but it still existed as a part of a larger movement to strike. A strike...

A call for climate revolution in Pelham

A call for climate revolution in Pelham

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
February 28, 2019

Can you imagine leaving your job one day a week every week, indefinitely, without the support of your family, colleagues, or representatives to demand immediate, complete restructuring of society? Can...

(John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP)

One year ago today

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
February 14, 2019

January 1, 2019. Tallahassee, Florida. Five injured. January 4, 2019. Torrance, California. Three killed, four injured. January 13, 2019. Phoenix, Arizona. One killed, five injured. January...

Snowstorm

By Violet Massie-Vereker
September 6, 2018

This body of air is raging around everything All that holds against it has never looked so solid and still It seems the whole world is surging up, and all that has ever grown up from the earth...

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