On the recordApril 14, 2015
Today marks 1 year since the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria--1 year, 365 days, nonstop--by Boko Haram. UNICEF is reporting that 800,000 children have been forced to flee Boko Haram's campaign of violence in Nigeria. Their Missing Childhoods reports that most of the girls remain in captivity, scores more of their peers have since gone missing, and the number of children who are displaced is staggering. The one bright spot is many of the girls have escaped, and 10 of them are in Virginia. When I went to Nigeria and met with those girls, I said: What can we do to help you? They said: We want to go to school. As a school principal, that made me proud because education is the key to all of the Nation's ills; and, in spite of their trials and tribulations, they still wanted to go to school. Boko Haram means Western education is sin, so we must support our girls and lift them up and let them know that we love them. Boko Haram has reached out to ISIS, and ISIS has responded. A marriage between Boko Haram and ISIS is a marriage made in hell. Tweet, tweet, tweet #bringbackourgirls. Tweet, tweet, tweet #followrepwilson. Tweet, tweet all day long. ____________________
