RoOha HaGhar gets to finish her commencement speech!

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On Sunday, June 16th, Friendship-West Baptist Church invited Emmet J. Conrad High School graduate Rooha Hagar to give her full graduation speech in lieu of her microphone being cut off at her own graduation. On June 3rd, Rooha Hagar tweeted that her graduation speech was cut short because she named “black children who had become victims of police brutality.” Rooha stated on Twitter that “our principal signaled for my mic to be turned off as soon as I said ‘Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice’ and played it off as a technical difficulty. pathetic.” Last Sunday during his pastoral announcements, Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III after explaining what had taken place, publicly asked his congregation “to find [Rooha] because I want to invite her to Friendship-West to finish her speech,” and he felt that it would be the perfect time in light of the church having its Baccalaureate Sunday. He declared from his podium that “she had earned the right to speak at her graduation” and shamed the principal for cutting off her mic. Friendship-West’s baccalaureate service was held on Sunday, June 16th, at 11 am. It stands to honor those who have graduated from high school, college, graduate school, and other learning institutions. To learn more about Friendship-West, please visit www.friendshipwest.org and follow the church on social media for updates @friendshipwest. About Friendship-West Friendship-West is a church that has been on the frontline of fighting for social and economic justice, eradicating hunger and serving the underserved in Dallas, TX for 40 years. Since its founding, Friendship-West has strived to be an innovative church family determined to make a difference in the community and world.

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• Self-Control