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\"Suffolk<\/a>On Friday March 3, 2017 the Suffolk University\u2019s chapter of Best Buddies held their \u201cSpread the Word to End the Word\u201d event in the Sargent Hall Function Room. \u201cSpread the Word to End the Word\u201d is a campaign advocated by Best Buddies and the Special Olympics that aims at raising awareness and to educate people on the use of the r-word.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo tell you the truth,\u201d said Andre Williams, Buddy Director to the Suffolk University chapter, \u201cThe r-word is so demeaning and it\u2019s so disrespectful. It makes me, as a person with a disability, feel like I don\u2019t belong in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minni Morales, president of the Suffolk University chapter of Best Buddies, has been a part of the organization for her four years here at Suffolk and said during the event that the people she meets in this program never fail to touch her heart. Since she was a child, Morales said she was an advocate against the r-word because her uncle, who has down syndrome, would be insulted with this word.<\/p>\n

There were pamphlets that guests could take with recommended responses to anyone that had used the r-word in order to promote the elimination of its usage. Morales said she regularly tries to have a conversation with a person who has used the r-word, to educate them of the damage that this word can do.<\/p>\n

Jenny LeBlanc, who has advocated for disabled people and is assigned by Best Buddies International as a Buddy Ambassador to the Suffolk University chapter, also spoke at the event and recounted how the organization has changed her life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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