Whether it’s something happening at the most personal level, or something resonating from hundreds of miles away such as the George Floyd protests, people across our neighborhoods know all too well the discomfort of not fitting in. Fowler resident Lucas Kramer is one of them.
WSYM FOX 47“I didn’t really fit-in with the gender that I had been assigned at birth. I ended up getting bullied pretty badly for it. I ended up in the hospital a few times. due to mental health reasons.”
Motivated by a desire for positive change, St. Johns resident Andrea Ryan founded the St. Johns (or SJ) Call-in Coalition, a non-profit promoting understanding in controversial conversations.
WSYM FOX 47“It became about different identities, if you looked at someone this way then you’re not worth talking to anymore. But there’s a lot of middle ground there that I think is being lost. And in that people are getting lost; humanity is getting lost. I was thinking it’s time to stand up and do something different.”