, , , Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter At School, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, 0
I’m suffocating , I can’t breatheThey on our necks with their knees,They shooting at us before they tell us to freeze,We tired of...
My grandmother lives in Fuzhou, China. Her name is Chen rui ro. She lives with my uncle, aunt, and...
, , , Black Lives Matter, George Floyd Protests, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
Characters: Stephanie, an 18-year-old, is a student who supports the protest “Black Lives Matter.” She believes it is finally...
This person is my sister who I spent my whole childhood with. She’s my family. We were living together...
My subject name is called Ariel, he is 16 years old, and he is Hispanic. I meet him the...
My first Memory of ZhuangZhi is that he played games on his phone during the gym class. When we...
My story with my grandmother is very beautiful because I and she have shared many things since I was...
, , , Covid Oral History, Friendship, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
My friends are one of the important things in my life, which means Kensuse is one of the important...
Juan is my grandpa and I have known him as long I can remember because he’s a father to...
With my mom Dominga, there have really been a lot of great moments, but the best story with my...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Showcase, Spring 2020, Stories, Writing & Communication, 0
July 10th 2057, Screaming, yelling coming from behind me but I keep running. The wind howling like the banshees....
Tim was an ordinary boy until he became a tornado. It happened so quick and Tim was hurt ever...
, , , Oakland, Upstander, 1
Dear Oakland community, “At any given time in 2016, an estimated 40.3 million people are in modern slavery, including...
, , , Spring 2020, Upstander, 0
Adults, Have you ever wondered what happens when a young kid gets injured while playing youth sports? Kids can...
Dear Oakland Principals, I am writing to you because students play a variety of sports at school without gear...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
Martin Luther King always believed peaceHe never used violence he used his voice to fightNever used his hands he...
, , , Showcase, Spring 2020, Upstander, 2
Dear Oakland Teenagers who want to make a change in gun violence in the community. We are writing to...
Add comments to this video my brother and I made during the lockdown in the Bronx.
, , , Showcase, Spring 2020, Upstander, 0
Dearest Oakland, Don’t you detest when you encounter an awful driver that makes you end up in the medical...
Dear Pharmacies and Health Care Workers, “Painkillers, such as Vicodin and OxyContin, are the most abused prescription drugs. These...
Dear Oakland Newcomers, How often do you find yourself thinking about gangs? As someone new to Oakland, you may not...
Dear Oakland Teenagers who do not know other teens who are homeless, We are writing to you because we...
, , , Showcase, Spring 2020, Upstander, 0
Dear Teens and Parents, Have you seen someone drowning? I have and it was horrible to see because the...
Dear Oakland community, Did you know that in Alameda county we have 1,917 Covid-19 cases as of April 28....
, , , Oakland, Spring 2020, Upstander, 0
Dear Pharmaceutical Companies around the U.S, From the year 2000 to 2014, there have been half a million people...
Hello community, As we all know there is a big global outbreak of the Corona Virus and we have...
, , , Upstander, 1
Dear Victims of Domestic Violence and the City of Oakland, First, I am writing to Victims to let you...
, , , Books or Plays, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, Showcase, Youth Activism, 1
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am extremely empowered by your Instagram video where you call our generation badass. The ways that...
, , , Upstander, 0
Dear Oakland Athletes, Imagine all the passion you have for a sport and that being shattered in a matter...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am fixated on your Instagram video and I really appreciate your candor description of our...
Dear Oakland Community, Have you ever wondered how prepared the Oakland community is for a disaster? As a community...
, , , Coronavirus, Environment, Environment & World, History, Immigration, Memoir, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2020, 2
"Suffering creates creativity"
Dear Gun Business Owners: It seems like the Gun violence has increased among other issues, right? We are here...
, , , Spring 2020, Upstander, 1
Dear Oakland Athletes, Imagine all the passion you have for a sport and that being shattered in a matter...
, , , Upstander, 0
Dear Oakland Athletes, Imagine all the passion you have for a sport and that being shattered in a matter...
, , , Upstander, 0
Dear Oakland Community, Have you ever wondered how prepared the Oakland community is for a disaster? As a community...
Dear Oakland Community, Would you want to live in a safe community where young adults are able to walk...
, , , Decent Work and Economic Growth, Life Skills & Fitness, Sports, 1
At the moment we are in a pandemic with Coronavirus and with coming into summer the virus is supposed...
, , , Books or Plays, Social Class, Spring 2020, Writing & Communication, 0
In our English class, we are reading the play and we decided to write about the characters. The main characters...
, , , Upstander, 1
Dear Teenagers, Do you like looking at a screen for a long time? I am writing to you, teenagers,...
, , , Upstander, 0
Police Brutality Dear Oakland community, The purpose of having a police force is to preserve the safety one seeks,...
, , , Upstander, 0
Dear Gavin Newsom In 2018 there were 22 million undocumented people in the United States that did not have...
, , , Upstander, 1
Dear Oakland Teenager, Did you know Screen Time can be unhealthy? The reason us as upstanders are writing this...
Dear Oakland Community: Did you know that ethnicity and race are related to domestic violence? Oakland is a diverse...
, , , Upstander, 0
Fellow Oakland District High Schoolers: Do you play videogames, use social media, watch youtube or netflix? If any of...
Dear New Parents, Do you know what the main reason why children drown? Many people don’t have enough knowledge...
Dear Administration offices of OUSD schools, “Unlike a broken ankle, or other injuries you can feel with your hands,...
Dear Oakland teens and adults, Do you really believe that not paying attention to an important topic is gonna...
, , , Coronavirus, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2020, 3
As we are in the crisis of Coronavirus, we have made many precautions to not get infected by natural...
Although this happened in January, I didn’t hear about it until recently and you may have not either. Utah...
Scams are the worst way to lose your hard-earned money. Small foreign and domestic businesses capitalize on people’s naivety...
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Family, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2020, 3
In the article, ¨A Poem of Mexico¨I learned of how beauty behind Mexico, its unity in family and its...
, , , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez I am so happy to hear your great respond to the question in your Instagram video...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Minimum Wage, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
Taxes are a necessary evil. They pay for our government, military, public transport, infrastructure, and police force. But the...
, , , Coronavirus, Politics, Showcase, 2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease...
Vaping is a relatively new concept, but the idea actually dates all the way back to 1927, when a...
, , , Homelessness, Housing, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
Across the US, the lack of affordable housing has reached a crisis. In some of the biggest cities, like...
, , , Family, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
Polygamy has always been at the center of attention, especially in my home state of Utah. Polygamy in Utah...
, , , Call to Action, Community, Coronavirus, Debt, Homelessness, Housing, Media, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Pitching, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
The US is debating on giving people $1,000 to help them support their family and to get bills and...
These days, I get interested in gender inequalities in the world. People who have been interested in the topic...
, , , Arts & Entertainment, Coronavirus, Gaming, Good Health and Well-Being, History, I Could Be Worse, Love, Media, Media and Message, Oscars, Showcase, Spring 2020, Stress, This is America, Youth Activism, 1
Everybody loves Shrek. It’s an amazing film. However, Dreamworks achieved perfection with the next installation of the franchise, Shrek...
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Coronavirus, Media, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
Oh what a time we are living in. Pandemics, earthquakes, plagues of locusts, and documentaries about murderous rednecks with...
A shocking study done by the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that” the average minimum wage worker working...
, , , Coronavirus, Good Health and Well-Being, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
Recreational marijuana is a severe issue spread in the world, especially more than half of the people have tried...
, , , Coronavirus, Media, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
Social polarization is associated with the segregation within a society that may emerge from income inequality, real-estate fluctuations, economic displacements and more. and...
, , , Gaming, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
In 2005, the gaming industry changed forever. Nintendo came out with the Wii, and the households of many have...
Does our country still provide the promise of prosperity regardless of circumstance? Is it still possible to achieve the...
Yeah, you know, those feathers in your pillow, the ones that prick you sometimes and your like, what the...
The American Dream is no longer attainable. The wealth gap creates too much division between the rich and poor...
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatments of Animals) has recently written a letter to the Commandant of the Marine...
March 16 of 2020,That day, the New York Exchange had experienced its largest economic disaster in recent decades. “It...
, , , Call to Action, Coronavirus, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
Recently, coronavirus have spread rapidly in the United States. But the government’s approach is not good.So here I want...
There has been a surge of skilled women in the workplace. “As more women find their way into high-skill...
, , , Call to Action, Environment & World, Showcase, Spring 2020, 3
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on our daily lives. With everyone having to do social distance many people...
, , , Beauty, Coronavirus, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Spring 2020, 0
Researchers say that COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading due to the movements of people with no or very mild...
, , , Drugs, Good Health and Well-Being, Life Skills & Fitness, Showcase, Spring 2020, 2
In the article “My mother is an addict” I learn that many parents are addicts and totally forget their...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am surprised by your opinion about the new generation it’s a “badass” on your Instagram...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I feel proud of your Instagram video because I know that there is someone in the...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am passionate about your Instagram video where you call the current generation badass because it...
, , , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
Dear Ocasio-Cortez, I am very thoughtful about the video you uploaded on Instagram about the young generation being badass. It...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I feel tempestuous about your Instagram video because it emphasizes how current generations are responsible, smart...
, , , Community, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2020, Student-Centered, 7
As the pandemic known as COVID-19 or better known as the coronavirus has become widespread and caused a global...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am fascinated with your video because you are really giving the young generation more courage...
, , , Family, Showcase, Spring 2020, Youth Activism, 2
I am impressed by your Instagram video where you call this generation of youth badass because you are truly...
, , , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
In researching for an essay about solutions to the many problems in the criminal justice system, I came across...
, , , Showcase, Spring 2020, Youth Activism, 3
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I am grateful for your Instagram video because it promotes and gives value to my generation’s...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, Your Instagram video about this generation being badass leaves me feeling giddy and almost speechless. Giddy and...
The debate over minimum wage has been going on since the rise of capitalism in the late 19th early...
Find a girl and look at her, make a list of assumptions you have about her. Do you think...
, , , Immigration, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2020, 2
How is it that the world can be filled with so much ignorance? How can it be that a...
, , , Fall 2019, Life on Land, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
In the article regarding animal testing, I learned that animals don’t necessarily need to be tested as there are...
Hasta ahora el tema es como me vine a los estados unidos yo tenía como 9 o 10 años...
, , , Gaming, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
Dear Gamers, If you like first-person shooters you should definitely check out Tom Clancy’s rainbow six sieges. You should...
Hasta ahora, los personajes de el libro que estoy leyendo, llamado Ana Frank, me recuerda a algo que experimenté...
I am a student in an independent studies program, and I’m here today to tell you why you should...
, , , Music, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2020, 3
Dear Music Fans, My name is Cory Escobar, I’m also a 17-year-old who is in love with music from...
, , , American Dream, Family, Immigration, Raise Your Voice, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0
It was the summer of 2015 remember? You got the news that two of your grandkids were coming to...
, , , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Life Below Water, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2020, Youth Activism, 2
Dear Fishermen, Stop overfishing. Fishermen should stop overfishing because if they overfish too much tuna it can become an...
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