I’ve been around the corner Throwing rocks on the freeway Staying on punishment even on a free day I’ve been in the back of trap houses Surrounded by artillery My generation’s thirst for drugs Put an ice cold chill in me I’ve been in the principal’s office Still cussin’ at the secretary Interventions in the camera room With security looking scary I’ve been hanging out the window On my wild […]
Tag Archives | Youth leadership
Paige Stetson | Chutzpah
I witnessed the world dripping in the carcass of delinquency and the children mopping up their mess. Wide-eyed innocence perhaps the more fruitful and the tunneled convention maybe less. It is the stride of a girl—one who has barely ceased blossom—that will be shadowed by the rest and the feeble fingers of a boy that will untangle the perpetual mess. Youthful audacity has yet to be dulled by the intellect […]
Youth leadership
Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai achieved global fame in 2012 when she was shot in the face by the Taliban for speaking publicly on behalf of girls’ education. When she recovered, she continued her activism, writing a memoir, I am Malala, which was published in 2013 and spent more than 52 weeks on the New York Times’ bestsellers list. In 2014, she became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Youth leadership | MOON Shine
“I am not here to create more followers. I am here to inspire more leaders.” – Xiuhtezcatl Martinez “Look at Parkland. Look at the extraordinary courage of those young people. We all must be engaged in that. To not just not take pride in Emma González and her cronies; but to say, ‘How can I be Emma González?’” – Eugene Jarecki “They thought that the bullets would silence us, but […]
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