Excuse Me… 6-7
Summer is almost here and school is almost out. It seems like I just had Amir, who is 4 and Anissa who is 6.
Op-Ed
Teen Talk 6-7
Darfur is not a country but a region in Sudan. It is located in the west of Sudan next to the Central African Republic and Chad.
OPINION: Earth Day Needs to be Celebrated Everyday
“Today there is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence. It is either nonviolence or nonexistence.”
Excuse Me… 6-6
The week before March 31, 2007, which was the date of our first CCCAN’s (Capitol City Community Action Network’s) first Town Hall Forum, I prepared with feelings of contentment and sentiments ranging from anxiety to excitement. The members of CCCAN were giving the community a forum to express their concerns and actually be heard.
Teen Talk 6-5
Meet Ashley LaMantia and her 2-year-old son Robert Anthony. In elementary school, she dreamed of being the first woman president. In middle school, it was a kindergarten teacher. By 16, Ashley LaMantia had dropped out of Canton High School, too busy partying to attend class. Today, at 24, she’s unemployed, feeding her 2-year-old son with food stamps and searching for a job that doesn’t call for a high school diploma.
April is National Poetry Month
Children who are the kinship program experience emotions that are difficult to express to others; however, the magic of poetry allows them to shape emotions into verses and unlock the multitude of internal doors. Poetry provides the key to others, who need to understanding their daily lives. The poems in this edition are from poets from the Allen Neighborhood Center Kinship Support Group located at 1619 E. Kalamazoo Street.
Excuse Me… 6-5
Sunday, March 4, 2007. When I think about Robert Busby, I no longer feel as overwhelmed as I used to. I felt a sense of anger. Murder can make you feel that way.
I told my friend and Robert’s friend of 20 years, Suellen, that I was very angry. She told me to let go of the anger because there was not anything I could do about Robert’s murder.