, , , Fall 2017, Inquiry, Quality Education, Repentino., Showcase, 0
NANO Wrimo is on – what is that? We highly recommend signing up for NaNoWriMo. Young writers (0-18) can...
, , , 2nextprez, Fall 2016, Lights4Girls, Rape Culture, Repentino., Showcase, 5
Works Cited “91 Percent of Colleges Reported Zero Incidents of Rape in 2014.” AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881. N.p.,...
I am from the wood table, from the living room furniture. I am from the nerf guns and skateboards...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 2
I’m from family reunions every Christmas, From playing with my cousins every afternoon. Water guns and pillow fights, A...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 0
I’m from touch screen laptops I’m from the iPhone 6S and touch screens I’m from my father’s garden on...
, , , Fall 2016, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 4
I am from documents and lawyers. From genes I do not know. As a newborn introduced to a family,...
, , , Affordable and Clean Energy, Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Lights4Girls, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Repentino., Showcase, War, 5
See us on the “A Day in a Girl’s Life” map, and see other links under the Call to...
, , , Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Inquiry, Lights4Girls, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Repentino., Showcase, War, 4
I’m a co-founder of Connected. United. 4Change, and Bumpe, Sierra Leone, is C.U.4C‘s first international partner school. The school...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 2
I am from a poor country that’s thrown down the floor where gangsta say they rule but they look...
, , , Family, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 7
I am from Oakland, CA where people get shot and killed. I am from “who cares” and selfish. When...
, , , Friendship, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 6
I am from Oakland The place I have lived all my life A city unlike any other Where everyone...
, , , Crime, Fall 2016, Family, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Quality Education, Race Relations, Repentino., Showcase, Violence, Where I'm From, 0
I am from ghetto city Oakland Where it’s a very diverse place Where us Mexicans are a threat to...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Violence, Where I'm From, 7
I’m from east Oakland born and raised where it’s a miracle if you make it out at the age...
, , , Bullying, Guns, Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Violence, Where I'm From, 4
I am from Oakland, CA I am from a world where the only thing you hear is gunshots wherever did you...
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Drugs, Fall 2016, Poetry, Race Relations, Repentino., Showcase, Stress, Violence, Where I'm From, 2
I’m from Oakland where people do drugs and do not give a rat when they pop yo. I am...
, , , Fall 2016, Family, Poetry, Quality Education, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 4
Living life in Oakland where the way we express our anger by killing each other on the streets Blacks...
I’m from Oakland I’m from the “deep east” From gun shots and sideshows From kids dying and mammas...
, , , Poetry, Race Relations, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 5
I’m from the city of Oakland, California. A city where your use of freedom of speech can get you...
I’m from Oakland The three and the six On the wires of electricity Always a pair of kicks ...
, , , Family, Friendship, Poetry, Repentino., Violence, Where I'm From, 7
I am from a city where people hide their feelings where people don’t believe in self-pity where people...
, , , Poetry, Repentino., Showcase, Where I'm From, 4
I am from days of happiness and laughter but it all goes away the day after Every time I...
, , , Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 4
I am from two Stuck in between because I don’t fit in any shoe I am from simple rhymes...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 3
I am from Salt Lake City , Utah the state full of Mormon whites I am from big houses...
I am from a place of darkness and light. I am from a place where everyone seems all right...
, , , Fall 2016, Family, Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 0
I am from Oakland, California but not the one people know the one that is hidden behind a curtain,...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 1
I am from Oakland. Where people ask me how I got to live in the hills, when I’m from...
, , , Fall 2016, Poetry, Repentino., Where I'm From, 2
I am from oakland Where you here gun shots daily I am from a family of six Where there...
Oakland, California is the city, Don’t have to beg no one to be with me, All you got yourself,...
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