America, The Beautiful In Spite of It All!
Spring 2015: Issue Two
America, The Beautiful In Spite of It All!
Spring 2015: Issue Two
Unit One: Saved By An Epiphany
METAMORPHOSIS by Meagan K. Belvin
Land of Mine by Jeremiah Rogers
Battlefield of Life: Redeemed from the Curse by Scott Huffman
Queer by Logan Kinamore
One Life Lived: Moving Past … My Past by Thomas Berkley
My Inner Struggle by Lawrence Lodriguss
Unit Two: Scarred, But Unscathed
Fifty States of Mind by Nigel Williams
It May Be a New Day, But It’s Still the Same Issues by Desirée James
Secrets Out by Mary Catherine Breland
Switching Social Lanes by Rontrell Gaines
The Start of My New Life: A New World … New Changes by Mario Barrera
Go Greek or Go Home by Nicole Chung
Unit Three: Treated Like A Stranger in One's Own House
The Pretenders by Desirée James
Black-Hearted by Jeremiah Rogers
I Can Only Be Me by Colemanic Cyrus
Being the Draw Four Wildcard by Christopher Pitts
Nothing’s Changed, but the Years by Latreka Emery
Moving On by Ambrea Wright
I Will Not Be Who You Want Me To Be by Kayla Thomas
Unit Four: Through the Eyes of My Family
We Are One by Terrell Alexander
Loc Love by Takara Abuwi
When Memory Speaks by Aaron Ellis
Perseverance through Adversity by Ashton Warner
Born to Lose, Built to Win by Orlando Matthews
The Power in You by Raven Thomas
Unit Five: Challenging the Politics of Gender
Being A Man in America by Michael Brigalia
The Woman Underneath the Mask by Melissa Smith
Behind Closed Eyes by Zachary Kilshaw
Womanhood, Today by Teresa Bruno
An Image I Don’t Want to Be by Antione Lacey
But, You’re a Girl by Alexis Sevario
Unit Six: The Chronicles of Faith
Faith by Antira Jackson
Off the Chosen Path: A Story of A Wanderlust from Religion by Karlie Gauthe
The Sheep versus The Wolves by Laketa Smit
First, Get To Know Me by Amanda Zaben
Unit Seven: An American Awakening
Embracing the Struggle by Antione Lacey
外国人: Foreigner by Gabriel Medina
Beyond the Sand by Norah Bin Khanfour
Double Vision by Jimmy Douglas
America, The Beautiful In Spite of It All!
Spring 2013: Issue One
America, The Beautiful In Spite of It All!
Spring 2013: Issue One
Unit 1: Shifting Selves While Trying to Forge an Authentic Identity in Ever-Changing Social Environments
An Empty Basket by Benjamin Guitreau
One Morning by Joseph Triche
Unit 2: Conceptualizing an Authentic Identity Despite Being Stereotyped by Others
Take Me As I Am by Sierra Richardson
Tracing My Roots: A Life on a Distinct Pavement by Sebastian Stampley
Wrapped in Amber by Amber Shaffer
The Skin I’m In by Sharika Gaines
But, I was Only Ten by Kevin Guzman
Unit 3: Reflecting Over the Role of Life Experiences in Challenging Racial Constructs
I Am Beautiful by Janice Mitchell
Being Confident in Who I Am by Shandrolette Burrell-Walker
Embracing My Ethnicity by Beatrix Fabre
Unit 4: Facing Conflicts with Family in Formulating an Authentic Self
My Path by John Reno
The Other...Lion King...of Valley Ranch by Ronnie Reese
Unit 5: Celebrating Familial Heritage and One's Ties to Generational Traditions
True Acadian: My Cultural Awakening by Lonnie Parra
Food for Thought by Nick Martin
The Circulatory System of My Ethnicity by Jessica Parrish
Unit 6: Discovering a Sense of Self, Family, & Community After Experiencing Tragedy
A Tale of Two Families by Morgan Bueche
A Lesson Taught by Katrina by Stanley Porche
Unit 7: Embracing Global Cultural Differences with the Familiarity of American Life and Culture
Waste Not, Want Not: The True Croatian Lifestyle by Matthew Tesvich
Born in America: But, Jamaican by Blood by Floyd Johns Jr.
A Southern Gentleman by Russell Landry
~Poetry Selections~
"Apple Pie" by Antira Jackson
"One Nation" by Terrell Alexander
"The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin...the ability to do, the will to conguer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world."
~W.E.B. Du Bois