NSA student Jake Cochran traces classmate Robin Casier at Legislative Plaza. They viewed their actions as symbolic, that they too could easily be the next victims of gun violence.

Isabel Ramirez, a student at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, arrived early to ensure a front row view of the concert and speakers.

Liberty University students carry the ‘March for Life’ banner. The march began in front of the Smithsonian Museum and ended between the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court buildings. “I came here to glorify God,” said Liberty student Camila Hernandez. “It's important to advocate [after Roe v. Wade] because there’s still so many abortions happening. We have to change not only that perspective but the lie that has entered and change that lifestyle.” (translated from Spanish)

Students from various Christian schools and universities attended the event. “We pray that life is always seen as an option for everyone,” said John Bounds, a University of Delaware. “We pray that the act itself ends because it kills one life and wounds another.”

Members of the clergy, along with elected officials from state and local governments, and medical professionals attended the event.

Emily Berning carries Ayla Jones. Berning and her husband, Nathan, founded the movement Let Them Live, where they financially support women during pregnancy. Ayla was one of the babies they were able to save from being aborted.

March organizers handed out pro-life signs while some supporters brought their own. Others brought crosses.

Christian music artists We Are Messengers perform during the pre-show. “We have to make abortion so unthinkable, it never happens again.” said lead singer Darren Mulligan to the cheering crowd.

Josh Kreger his flag that reads ‘An Appeal to Heaven’. He and several others chose to stand atop sculpture pedestals in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Police told them to step down because it was prohibited.

Joseph Beazley carries a cross around the National Mall. He, his father Dan Beazley, and friends first wanted to walk around the area with the cross, then hang it up during the rally, and continue to carry it during the march.

Two students of the course practice extinguishing a small fire. The acronym PASS is used to remember the steps to using a fire extinguisher: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep.

Jesse Wolcott, Elyauna Heston, Pritika Bachan, and Njuni Thigani practice setting moulage on each other. As students from Heritage Academy, they volunteer their time to assist in the training course by creating/applying moulage and acting in the real world disaster simulator.

2Serve Training director Josh Haley and participant Joe Dickerson demonstrate the buddy system of approaching a fire. To prepare the class for the upcoming fire drill, Haley instructs the class on safety techniques as well as the proper way to handle a fire extinguisher. “We want them to be smart,” Haley said. “So they don't become a part of the accidents, or the injuries, and so that's where this training really comes into hand.”

Participants of the course put on safety gear for the tornado simulation portion of the course. In this section, students are separated into two groups where the first group acts as the CERT professionals while the second group acts as the victims of the disaster.

Training assistant Elizabeth Libertucci sprays hair spray on the moulage she placed on Joe Dickerson. She and the other assistants use various colors of makeup, such as yellow, red, and blue, to make bruises look realistic. For any type of lacerations, they use plumbers putty combined with vaseline and fake blood. “I like helping people, it makes me feel like I’m doing something in life,” Libertucci said.

Students undergo the tornado simulator portion of the course. The volunteers and half of the students act as victims and are given tasks such as screaming, yelling, paranoia, and several others so those attempting to help are provided with a variety of situations to deal with. “This is powerful.” Derrick Skinner said (second from right). “The world is looking for something different [and] this opportunity to learn CERT is a way for us to really impact the community in a very unique way.”

Savannah Krall clings to Matt Cutlip during the protest at the Nashville Public square park.

A mother kisses her child while holding a sign.

Main speaker Julia Edwards (Left) hugs Everah Larson (Right) after she spoke to the crowd about her own struggles in life regarding abortion.

A man wears a custom shirt in response to the ruling.

The crowd holds signs with various phrases.

A women holds a sign up during the protest.

The crowd applauds as the ending remarks provide hope for those in attendance.

Nicole Parker cries.

Nataliia Irwin bows her head during prayer. Originally from Ukraine, Irwin pleads for the safety of her family amid the struggle.

Michelle Doucoumes comforts Nicole Parker after Parker prayed and broke down crying.

Students and faculty meet in room 3009 of Brock to pray for the situation in Ukraine. Participants took turns saying prayers and asking God for help.

Nicole Parker cries.

Those who could not make it in person attended the prayer over zoom.

School of Journalism and Communication Professor Pamela Harris practices playing the organ before the morning church service starts. Each knob on the organ can be extended or retracted, and they control if a set of pipes play, with each set depicting either higher or lower sounds.

Harris prepares for playing the organ at Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists. She has been playing the organ since she was 12 years old.

“Playing the organ is, I feel, a spiritual gift that God has given me and helped me to develop and called me to use. I play to uplift the congregation, praise the Creator and contribute to making the Gospel of Jesus come alive,” Harris said.

As well as playing for church services, she plays for weddings, funerals and camp meetings.

Harris utilizes the foot pedals of the organ at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church. She said she prefers curved foot pedals over flat ones because it is easier for her to reach the edge notes.

Harris plays while I Cantori sings. Harris said it is a “rare treat” when she can play along with them.

Tim Suzuki and Hannah Shull perform aerial acrobatics.

Elisabet Espinoza utilizes an aerial hoop to soar and perform tricks for the crowd.

Schwarz watches in amusement as his students from previous years come together for a final routine. This is the last home show for Schwarz, as he is retiring this year.

Alex Klischies uses a trampoline to jump over his fellow Gym Masters.

The Gym Masters help hold the chairs as one of them attempts to do a handstand atop of them.

Cheyenne Hyde uses silks to perform.

After finishing his jump routine, Connor Collins poses at the end of the trampoline. The Gym-Masters’ motto “Finish Strong” is reflected in 2 Timothy 4:7.

Coach Richard Schwarz, who retires this year after 22 years of service, addresses his current Gym-Masters as well as others from years prior at the gymnastic team’s annual home show held in Iles P.E. Center. Several Gym-Masters and those from previous years sent in videos telling Schwarz how much they appreciated him. All the videos were compiled and shown to Schwarz towards the end of the night.

Wilson Kelley, an actor portraying Jesus, reenacts the Bible story of Jesus being cruxified.

Roman soldiers drag Kelley’s portrayal of Jesus after he couldn’t carry his cross anymore.

Ethan Wu, an actor who portrayed Jesus, rides on a donkey through the crowd.

Girls dance during the marketplace portion of SonRise. Beginning at the entrance of Thatcher South and ending at the front of the Ulmer Student Center, actors lined the walkways portraying market people. Some of the items for sale included swords, staffs, wine, felt, bricks, brass and more.

The scene of Jesus being sentenced to death.

The scene of Jesus at the Last Supper washing the feet of the disciples.

Kerby Desamour ignites the crowd at the end of 423 Night Market. After he sang his final song, students demanded an encore, during which they got closer to the band and continued to sing as Desamour finished his actual final song.

Matt Grubbs holds two signs and chants at cars passing by. While not a member of TNL, he, along with several others, saw what was happening, parked and joined in the protest.

Rachel Stafford holds and wears signs. Several people created their own signs, while others grabbed pre-made signs provided by TNL.

Clark Thompson stands at the front of the crowd with his sign. Occasionally, a person with a megaphone would chant, “We will not comply!”

At the end of the event, all those who participated held hands for prayer. There are plans to continue the protests in different areas within Chattanooga.

After the dedication ceremony, those who were able marched across the Walnut Street Bridge. The front contained most of the speakers from the dedication. However, earlier, the crowd was led by the Chattanooga Choral Society for the Preservation of African American Song, which sang up to the midway point of the bridge.

Onlookers listen as Eddie Glaude, Jr. presents his keynote address. Glaude is professor and department chair of African American Studies at Princeton University.

The crowd applauds at the speakers’ remarks. Mayor of Chattanooga Tim Kelly (second from left) also spoke and gave a formal apology to Ed Johnson on behalf of the city of Chattanooga.

Speaker Donivan Brown opens the Ed Johnson Memorial Dedication. It was the fourth and final day of events leading up to the unveiling of the Ed Johnson statues.

Members of the crowd stand up and cheer at the end of each speaker’s turn.

erome Meadows, artist of the Ed Johnson memorial statue, shakes hands with the very statue he created. There were two other statues unveiled that honored the efforts of Noah Parden and Styles Hutchins, Johnson’s attorneys

At the end of the show, Lauryn Daniels delivers a prayer to bless the food and thank God for a successful night. Daniels was the BCU Night director this year.

(Black Christian Union Night)

Migdalice Ramos and Justice Welch dance during Latin American Night.

(Latin American Club Night)

Kerby Desamour sings at the beginning of Black Christian Union (BCU) Night. Although recently graduated, Desamour came from his home town of Orlando, Florida, to sing at BCU Night.

(Black Christian Union Night)

Joshua Pongstiphon delivers the final flip for the end of the first dancer’s sequence. Tori Waegele and her team practiced since October and choreographed the whole sequence herself. “I’m from a Brazilian family so I got a lot of inspiration from my, upbringing,” said choreographer Tori Waegele.

(Latin American Club Night)

BCU dancers perform salsa combined with several other dance styles. They also performed other dance routines that featured various techniques and countries.

(Black Christian Union Night)

BCU dancers perform for the crowd.

(Black Christian Union Night)

Students representing Asian club perform traditional dances throughout Asian Night.

(Asian Club Night)

Callie Grant performs aerial gymnastics on silk above the crowd.

Edgar Kavistan lifts Marisa Negron to demonstrate a strength stunt.

Jake Johnson supports both Amie Shelly and Katie Shelly. There were several times throughout the performance where the guys held up the girls in different positions including triangles or pyramids.

Kedrick Larson carries Amie Shelly away during the performance. Shelly pretended to not be interested in doing stunts while Larson pleaded with her.

Callie Grant and Hannah Shull soar above the crowd.

Tim Suzuki (back) and Chad Nash (front) do flips and spins. All the gym masters circled the stage to repeat their show off their own style of trampolining and tricks.