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Amber Weilert to the Cascade lunch: ‘No mom can go through this again’
When I saw Amber Weilert’s name on the speaker’s list for Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike Everywhere Lunch Monday, I looked around at the large room full of people talking with old friends, networking, and glad-handing with local politicians and thought, A lot of these people don’t yet know who Amber is, and they don’t understand…
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Amber Weilert: ‘Nothing can change this reality, but we can change the future’
Amber Weilert’s 13-year-old son Mikey was killed in July while biking in a crosswalk on Pacific Avenue S in Parkland. Since then, she’s been sharing her devastating story in an effort to make changes. She spoke during an event for World Day of Remembrance in November, and last week penned a heartbreaking and powerful piece…
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