Leadership culture determined uplifting educated community
Jennifer Leyla Rincones, Detroit, MI. A Latina with a vision to help advocate for all brown and black youth who endure the injustices of the...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
A community with similar life experiences
Christopher Harper College Park, MD University of Maryland
I Will Fight Against The Odds
Jarren Michael Suh, CA. Through all the adversities the LGBT and POC community go through I will be able to say “I made it through...
You are more than one race?
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Before this project I didn’t know much about race or racism, but then I figured...
If different people unite it makes a better and greater community.
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
White privilege acknowledged–America’s promise renewed.
Cynthia Lawrence, Carmichael, CA. Working together we can learn from each other and build a better community.
My race card is my racecar
Finn Hurtado, Eugene, OR. I am biracial, half Mexican and half white. I don’t have a racial group I identify with or feel proud to...
My skin color doesn’t make me.
Michael Hall, Southfield, MI. I am from Detroit, MI. I am a leader and role model in my community. I aim high with the goals...
Not everything is black and white.
Jesse Phelps, Wall Township, NJ. Monmouth University Jesse is 16 years old and believes racial equality is an imperative part of creating true community.
I Am Not White Or Black
Matthew, TX. Black, White, Asian, or Pink with Purple polka dots – your skin color is not who you are. Do not obsess over the...
All else should truly be equal
Bernard Victor, Sunrise, FL. Being smart and intelligent can be the best thing for communities and society but it can also be the most dangerous...
I’m Hmong, and I am proud.
Kabao Lee, Sacramento, CA. I am Hmong and I am proud. I think it pretty much explains itself, but there are many people I know...
Ignorance breeds isolation, learning creates community
Reva Friedman, Overland Park, KS. We live in our comfy, constrained, psychic silos. My mission as a teacher educator is to create opportunities for my...
Personal Identity Creates Community And Conflict.
Ty Pethe, Seattle, WA. For better or worse, we are social creatures that innately create groups of people like us. Whether it’s race, nationalism, gender,...
It all comes down to respect.
Haley Sprecher, Portland, OR. I have grown up in a diverse community and have been raised to respect everyone for who they are. Every single...
Is that your family? They’re white.
Gaby Segalla, Washington, DC. I’ve been adopted…twice. I was raised in a diverse community and I attend Georgetown Day School which is a very accepting...
