When terrorists struck America on 9/11, almost every country said the words: “We are America.” Unfortunately, extremists recently targeted another country, France. Charlie Hebdo is a newspaper in France that was targeted by terrorists, causing many countries to come together once again.

Twelve people died in the terrorist shooting at Charlie Hebdo.  The media and protesters have exploded with rage. “Je suis Charlie,” the protesters cried out together in freedom of speech: “We are all Charlie.”

Students at LHS have also taken a stand against this extremist act, using art and words protected by our First Amendment. Ron Lugwig’s AP government class has been studying the subject of Je Suis Charlie since the news hit the media. As a class assignment, the students were asked to make their own works of freedom of speech.

The art, as illustrated in the photograph that accompanies this story, was posted on two bulletin boards in the 900s hallway around a big poster that exclaims: “We Are All Charlie.”

“We are Charlie is a message of solidarity against terrorists in protest of the attack on Charlie Hebdo,” Ludwig said. “The students here at school see the significance of the attack and they also see it as an assault on freedom of speech and freedom of religion.”