Choosing justice can involve risk. But so does living with injustice.

By: Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 30, 2026

Words: 741

Last Updated: 4 months ago


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Would you open the door?

A 10-year-old girl once asked that question long ago and continues asking it of herself to this day after experiencing deep guilt for something that was out of her control and left her feeling powerless.

On July 30, 1990, in the heat of Liberia’s civil war, her little 10-year-old heart broke again. Her heart had already broken the day before when soldiers from the Armed Forces of Liberia attacked a …

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