Below are some of the messages incorporared in the CWLA mural: |
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This
National Child Abuse Prevention Month, let’s really commit to STOPPING
THE VIOLENCE AND PREVENTING ABUSE!
Jane |
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“My
message is my life.”
Mahatma Ghandi |
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What
could that child have possibly done to you?
Annonymous |
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“Like
an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away at
its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his
objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the
ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the
false with the true. “
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“Our
lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that
matter.”
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
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“In
the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the
silence of our friends.”
Martin
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If I am not for myself,
Who will be for me?
If I am only for myself,
What am I?
If not now,
When?
Rabbi
Hillel
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“I pledge to do everything in my
power to keep every child safe from harm. Please join with me.“
Sharon,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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“Human
beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back
home.”
Bill
Cosby
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“Brighter Futures Are Within Our Reach!”
Melinda Schriver,
Washington, DC
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“Be
gentle with the young.”
Juvenal
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“Children succeed when they can reach for the stars.”
Anonymous, Washington, DC
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Let's live our lives as though
children truly are "our most precious resource"
National Center for Assault Prevention,
New Jersey
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Let Our children speak,
Their voices be heard
Our time has expired;
No more words.
They’re the future, we the past
Listen to their song
A future to forecast;
Let Our children speak,
Of mistakes we’ve made
Help them to understand
You can’t keep pulling down shades
Let Our children speak
Or there will be
No tomorrow.
Submitted by Dahveed
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I'm feeling so worn out...I just can't scream and shout
You're coming home for me...
Whatever did I say...To make you act this way?
I'm your little angel...So why am I cryin?
What would you say if I would tell?
Would you release me from this cell?
You said this
would not hurt, would not hurt
But I don't feel well. I said that I don't wanna...
How do you see to be loved?
Wonderful view from above
How does it feel to be loved
I wouldn't know...
Freudian Slip
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Please
Don't Believe Me
Jimmy's walking home from school
talking with his friend
But when they get to Jimmy's house
he can’t invite him in
Jimmy says his mom's not well
and tells his friend good-bye
He keeps a secret as he slowly walks inside
Cause Mom's been drinking
and right now she doesn't care
About this awful burden her child must bear,
he's begging
Please don't believe me when I say I'm ok
Look a little deeper for the words that I can't say
I'm too small to stand alone, I sure could use a friend
Help me learn to trust someone again
Don't leave me
Please don’t believe me
There's a house that's dark and quiet
where little Amy sleeps
There's footsteps in the bedroom
where someone shouldn't be
Somebody whispers I'll hurt you if you tell
Amy keeps the secret and blames it on herself,
her smile is just a shell
Oh the years fly by for the ones who survive
Till they look like grown ups, and nobody hears them
Nobody hears them cry
From Terry Sue Crawford’s new album, Deep |
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“The
test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of
those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who
have too little.”
-FDR,
1937 Inagural
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“Many
of the things we need can wait. The child cannot wait. Right now is
the time its bones are being formed, its blood is being made and its
senses are being developed. To this child we cannot answer,
"Tomorrow." The child's name is Today.”
Gabriella Mistral, Chilean Nobel Prize Winner
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Children are 25% of the US population and 100% of our future. |
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Our kids need us. Ever notice that a
human child doesn’t walk until it’s tall enough to reach a parent’s
hand?
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"At
our best level of existence, we are parts of a family, and at our
highest level of achievement, we work to keep the family alive."
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Maya Angelou
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"If
our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all."
-Pearl
Buck
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"Children are the largest minority group in society, and the minority
that is most subject to discrimination but least recognized as being
so.
Penelope Leach, Children First |
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"Too
often children get the worst of both worlds: neither the privileges
accorded to adults nor the care and protection that should be their
birthright."
Anon.
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"In
the little world in which children have their existence, there is
nothing so finely felt, and so finely perceived, as injustice."
-Charles Dickens
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“We
look forward to a time when our children will be judged not by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
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“When
will justice come? When those who are not injured become as indignant
as those who are.”
-Leon
Tolstoy
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400,000 US kids have fallen below the poverty line since we invaded
Iraq.
(Dec.
’04 stat, probably lots larger now)
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We now
know that babies as young as 4 months old can suffer from depression,
and that people suffer long-term effects from witnessing trauma in the
first 4 months of life. Just because infants cannot speak is no reason
they should have no voice.
Joy
Osofsky,
Pew Commission member, April 2004
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In life, as in
basketball, you always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
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“Of
all the civil rights for which the world has struggled and fought for
5,000 years, the right to learn is undoubtedly the most fundamental.”
W.E.B.
DuBois
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“If
there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that
matters to me, even if it's not my child.”
Barak Obama
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“Nothing stops a bullet like a book.”
Shay
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If I
had my child to raise over again I’d do less correcting and more
connecting.
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Fact: US prison spending grew five times as fast as education spending
between 1985 and 2002.
Spending
more money on prisons than schools
Is government by, and for, felons and fools.
Anon
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If
present trends continue, one of every three US black children born in
2001 will go to prison by age 30.
Marian
Wright Edelman,
1/27/05, The Tennessean
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Since
1993 teacher wages have fallen 11.5 percent relative to other workers
with similar education and skills.
Economic Policy Institute
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Title
IV-E foster care and adoption dollars – federal support for those
children who need our help the most -- account for less than ˝ of 1%
of all current federal entitlement spending.
CWLA Govt. Affairs, 2005
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The
United States ranks 23rd among 26 developed countries in infant
mortality, although we rank first in medical technology. Ghana,
Croatia, and Syria all have better rankings than the USA.
CDF
web site
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All
works of love are works of peace.
Mother Teresa |
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"If we want
peace, we have to begin with the children." Mahatma Gandhi
Mary
Liepold, Washington, DC
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I have no
children of my own. When I was a young girl I read, "The Baby Trap"
and decided just a husband and a wife could be a family. I'm still
single. So all the world's children are my family.
Barbara
Roos, Arlington VA
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Honor the
courage and bravery of all who have survived child sexual abuse.
Mourn the souls of those lost. Create a world of safety, free of
abuse and violence for all who follow.
Lukima,
Mechanicsburg, PA
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I weep and
no one answers. My voice is hoarse because I cannot cry anymore. Why
won't anyone come to my rescue? What did I do wrong to make people
not hear my cry? Finally, I realize I did nothing wrong. They could
not hear me because nothing was coming out any more. I had screamed
myself silent Maybe someday GOD will hear my silent cry and I will
be free again until then I just weep in silence. Stop the violence.
Speak out. It can never hurt. Just help
Shawn,
Temple Hills, MD
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The most
powerful emotion we have is love and compassion. Share it freely
with the children of the world and the world will be a better place
for their children. Protect the children of the world.
Carol
Corden, Belmont, California
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We are
guilty of many errors and many faults, but the worst crime is
abandoning the children, neglecting the foundation of life. Many of
the things we need, can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the
time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made and his
senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer, Tomorrow. His
name is Today.
Gabriela
Mistral, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate
submitted
by: Therese Libert, Pittsburgh, PA
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"Who's for
Kids and Who's Just Kidding?" We must do the hard work of supporting
children and families over time, and stop talking about what's wrong
and making excuses for inaction…
Mark Riley,
Arlington, Virginia
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A child
doesn't want to have a saddened story but a child wants to
experience glory. They want to have hope but they don't want their
mom to do dope. They want a voice because they don't have a choice.
They want love because they are just like a gentle dove. Help a
child live a good life without strife. Children are one of a kind
and now is the time to lend a piece of your mind.
Margaret
Horner, Rome, NY
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It's time
to turn all facets of our world into hopes and dreams for all our
children.
Dale Ann
Cox, Maryville, TN
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Walking
through the woods,
From Georgia to Maine,
Taking steps to help kids,
Steps to lessen their pain.
We can each
make a difference,
We must all do our part,
To keep our kids smiling,
And close to our hearts.
Moo & 42,
Birmingham, Alabama
Appalachian Trail Hike for Kids '03,
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Jesus said,
"Suffer not the little children...."
Lucy
Cormier, Columbus, Ohio
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Las ninas y
los ninos reflejan la verdad de nosotros. Protejanlos.
Girls and
boys reflect what is true in us.
Protect them.
Eloisa
Abislaiman, Tampa, Fl
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Child
welfare cannot be founded upon money-as it is across the Nation
right now- the only best interest is in the green dollar bill, not
children. CPS is not protecting children, they are harming them and
the long lasting impact from that destruction is breaking our
traditions, values and family makeup to the point of oblivion.
Children deserve to have a family and know who they are and where
they came from. Relatives and friends should be the first ones
chosen to care for a child removed from parents' care and home, not
the last! Stand tall and together- protect children from CPS-
corrupt to the core.
Robin Scoins, Peoria, AZ
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My thoughts
and prayers are with all children who are denied the safety and
security of a well balanced home with a loving parent(s)or
care-taker whom they can trust in and rely on for unconditional love
and support throughout their childhood years. No child should feel
unloved or unwanted.
Barbara
Miller, San Jose, CA
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Yes I think
I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd
like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
Just don't
ask me how I am
Just don't ask me how I am
Just don't ask me how I am
Suzanne Vega, Luka
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Sometimes,
when I read about yet another child who is hurt or killed by the
people who are supposed to love and protect them, I wonder why I've
been in child welfare for over thirty years. Sometimes it seems like
nothing changes. But every now and then I get a letter or a phone
call from a child now grown who says thank you. They are thanking me
for trying and just maybe, in some small way, that was enough.
Beth
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Violence
against children is intolerable. All children deserve to be in a
home that creates a supportive and loving environment for them to
grow and thrive in.
Kimberly
Fischer, New York, New York
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Children
are the lifeblood of this county. Every child deserves our
protection, love and care. I ask the Goddess to watch over all of
them.
Linda
Cornell, Hesperia, California
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Every child
born has the right to be wanted, loved, valued, and respected. As
adults we must determine that NO ONE tramples on or ignores this
right, because children cannot do this for themselves.
Roberta
Nauman, Elgin, IL
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God gives
us a blessing when he allows a child to be born. When someone hurts
a child, they are dishonoring him because these children aren't
our--they are God's own. Love and protect your blessing always.
Kimberly
Nelson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Per Colin
Raye's song: "The 11th Commandment" as adults we should "Honor Thy
Children"
Randy
Hildebrand, Aurora, IN
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We must
join together to protect our MOST Precious Resource, Our Children
Pamela
Rowse, RN, Las Vegas, NV |
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"Neither
the Fourteenth Amendment nor the Bill of Rights is for adults alone"
- Application of Gault, 87 S.Ct. 1428
Corinne
Stashuk, Gainesville, Florida
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"With each
child, the world begins anew"
--Midrash, the written interpretations of the 5 Books of Moses in
Judaism
submitted
by Randi S. Rubin Rodriguez, New Haven, CT
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All
children have the right to fulfill their full potential as human
beings and the right to be free of abuse, neglect and exploitation.
The best way to protect their rights is to provide their parents
with the best training to raise them effectively and peacefully.
Kerby T.
Alvy, Ph.D., Studio City, California
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What could
be more important, more productive, more ethical, or more just than
a clear commitment by our society to the PREVENTION of child
maltreatment?
Preston
Britner; Editor, The Journal of Primary Prevention, Hampton,
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Every
person can make a difference. Celebrate children and their parents.
Thank them for taking care of the little ones. Watch out for them
too. Wrap your community's arms around them. Report suspected abuse
or neglect.
Lynne
Martinez, Lansing, Michigan
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Every child
deserves respect, affirmation, and the unconditional belief that
they are valued and wanted.
Judith
Brown Clarke, Lansing, Michigan
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This is one
way to help bring the issue of parental substance use in the child
welfare system to the forefront.
Joyce
Washburn, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"No matter
how hard the task, no obstacle is to difficult to overcome."
Believe in yourselves, and strive to accomplish great things. May
God Bless
all of you,
and keep you safe in the mist of all things.
Officer
Antilecia Contee, Washington, DC
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My dream--
that the world, in all its richness and glory and with all its
opportunities, be equally accessible to all children, everywhere.
Carol A.
Siemon, East Lansing, MI
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"A
Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy
dwelling. God sets the lonely in families."
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When
a child is in trouble, don't ask if there is any thing you can do.
Think up something appropriate and do it.
Kathy Barbell
Vice President,
Program Operations,
CWLA
Washington, DC
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What we want for our
children is the antithesis of violence....to be loved
by someone and return that love; to
have the chance to develop their skills and talents and find
meaning in how they apply them; and to have hope as they wake each
day that it will bring something good into their life.
Shay Bilchik
President and CEO, CWLA
Washington, DC
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My heart has been broken!
My heart is special in every way.
When you break my heart
there is nothing I can do.
When you hurt me all I can do is cry.
All day long.
Every step I take,
Every move I make,
You always break my heart.
Poem submitted by a child victim
New Haven, CT
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Cherish our children;
cherish our future.
Anonymous
Washington, DC
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Keep your head up young child; don’t let that girl or guy get you
down.
Keep on believing that you can make someone see the great light in
life.
Believe in yourself
and then believe in someone else
Keep your head up young child
From “Young Child” by Tieshia Saunders
Grade 12, age 18
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We
need to make a change in this world today
Violence and bad attitudes are not the way
We
livin’ in a world full of tragedy
This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be
Teens and violence don’t make a good combination
We
need to watch out for our younger generation
In
this world there’s way too much trouble
We
need to make a change on the double.
From “Let’s Start Treatin’ Each Other Right”
By
Rochelle DeLaine
Grade 12, age 17
IDEA Public Charter School
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How can we stop all this violence?
One way is not to keep our silence, make a stand and do what’s
right
Talk out your problems, don’t start a fight
When faced with issues, try to keep your cool,
Don’t get locked up and feel like a fool.
Try not to have violent words to say.
Think of things in a positive way.
What’s the deal with teens hurting one another?
If
we lessen the hate, we’ll produce the love;
It’s the best way to get rid of all this violent stuff.
Lack of concern produceth hate; care produceth love,
We
need to look for wisdom from the man above.
Whatever the problem that maybe—
Let’s show concern and start treatin’ each other right
Cause that’s the only way we can win this fight.
We
can win this fight.
We
can win this fight.
We
can win this fight.
From “Let’s Start Treatin’ Each Other Right”
By
Rochelle DeLaine
Grade 12, age 17
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Teen violence is a never-ending situation.
Little problems escalate because of misinformation.
This vicious cycle kills sisters, nieces, nephews, and brothers
With the heartache and pain left to bare by the mothers.
Our precious young are being neglected and are becoming extinct.
We
have to help those who are affected now
There’s no time to sit and think
About who will be the first to put this cycle to an end,
Because while we’re waiting it could be me, or it could be you, my
friend.
Teens are fighting one another when they should be loving and
helping each other.
So
now this issue is right in front of our face, we can’t sit back
and forget the race.
Instead of sitting still in one place, let’s stand up and put teen
violence in its place.
Death, yes, death to teen violence!
From “Teen Violence” by Shamia Irving
Grade 12, age 17
IDEA Public Charter School
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Are you wondering why
The parents don’t let you children do what you wish?
Teach them right, if you don’t it could be your child’s life
tonight
It’s nothing good coming out no matter how it ends up
Our teens, your teens’ minds are just so corrupt.
So
teach your kids morals, values and manners, too,
And stop wondering why, because the peace
Starts with, why you?
From “Wondering Why” by Austin Gerald
Grade 12, age 17
IDEA Public Charter School
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Teenage violence that forms gray skies
Teenage lives lost, mother’s cry because their sons die
Expectations are watching, tempting and hovering over them.
Materialistic crafts, which can be replace
Another burden of life for it could go to waste
It
hits our generation raw with no crumbs to replace
There’s nothing anyone can do—
We’re simply shaped by our FATE
From Shaped by Fate”
by
Guy DeGreaffenreidte
Grade 12, Age 18
IDEA Public Charter School
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Teen violence is
an issue
That cannot be solved with only a look
Filed with crying, suffering, and despair.
Why won’t those who care actually say what they fear?
Because you never know if their advice will help,
And even if your best side doesn’t come out
At
least you will know that you tried to do something.
To
help that one person
Who needed the reassuring
To
just walk away
So
they could experience a day
Without any fighting or hating.
We
were not meant to live in a place
Filled with so much pressure,
And in some places hate.
When we should be able
To
live in a world without violence.
From “Teen Violence” by Diana McVay
Grade 11, age 16
IDEA Public Charter School
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The world we live in is a foreign place
Filled with lost souls and a cold heart
With no sense of purpose or direction
Or
maybe they’re just lacking motivation
To
do big things and achieve every dream
We’re not all the same
There are those who I like to call the “exceptions”
And these few who shine bright
With warmth and ambition, are the victims of some selfish jealous
action
It’s ridiculous how much we try to bring others down to put
ourselves on top
Violent acts and negative mindsets, are breaking us down
What could be the cause of this extent of evil one can posses?
We
need to come together
And find the cure for all humanity
It
may take time
But we gotta start somewhere
‘Cuz, I don’t know about you,
But I want more for my kids
They say each generation
Is
supposed to improve from the last one
But if this bud of a nation can’t bloom if there is none,
The only solution to hate is love
And you can’t love somebody else
Until you take a look in the mirror,
And find a way to love yourself.
From “Hope” by Bethany Weister
Grade 12, age 17
IDEA Public Charter School
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If
I could be your arms,
You’d reach without grabbing,
If
I could be your support,
You’d grip without grappling.
If
I could be your sorrow,
You’d cry without tears.
If
I could be your wings,
You’d fly without fear.
If
I could be your music,
You’d be the sweetest tune.
If
I could be your leisure,
You’d always be soothed.
If
I could be God,
I
wouldn’t know what to do.
If
I could be his angel,
I’d always be there to protect you.
From “If I Could” by Guy DeGreaffenreidte
Grade 12, age 18
IDEA Public Charter School
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All this time I was in fear of you. It was you who didn’t
understand me and in not understanding me you feared me and
because of your fear of me, hate became your fuel and as it, so
has it. We try everyday to destroy what we hate whether it be with
our words or our fist, or some other form of hatred. Well, I was
told that everything would work out for me some day. As for you, I
feel sorry for you—sorry that you never tried to understand me,
but now it’s too late and all I have to say is so long to the pain
and goodnight to the heartache. No longer will I cry for you, sit
up late at night and wonder why I thought I should I should die
for you. Finally, I’m free of you.
No
longer will I hurt for you.
I fear you no more.
From “I Fear You” by Michael Moore
Grade 11, age 17
IDEA Public Charter School
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He
was young, only seventeen at the time.
His
dad was never home
and
his mom not alive.
One
Day he got mixed-up with a bunch of guys, who convinced him that
shooting someone who had robbed him was not a crime.
So
he shot the robber three times in the chest.
The
next day the police came to make an arrest.
A
couple months later, his court date arose.
And
before he knew it,
He
was sentenced to life, no parole.
One
year later and still in jail,
He
thought of his friends and how they had bailed.
Realizing his mistake, he got so upset, but all he could do now is
sit and regret!
From
“His Regret” by Crystal Nedd
Grade 12, age 16
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They
say that the good die young.
That’s why I think you should go out and have fun.
Because time waits for no one.
When
God calls, don’t cry.
Just
go home with a poor sigh.
From
“The Good Die Young”
by
Dominique Howard
Grade 12, age 17
IDEA
Public Charter School
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I
can shape you in anyway, depending on the words that I say.
I
can turn your greatest joys into deepest sorrows of hate.
I
can manipulate, then again I can also enlighten
I
come in all flavors and different style, I’m Omni cited
I
can be relaxing, and with me your mind will be soothe.
I
can be positive, through vocals, and release the grace in you
I
can deceive people, and make what’s bad seem good to you
So
you people are like minnows, and in this world, I am the sea
I’m
not bad, it just depends on the person whose expressing me.
From
“Music” by Guy DeGreaffenreidte
Grade 12, age 18
IDEA
Public Charter School
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You
see, my daddy was into the streets, but he made a living to support
his family.
Until one day, the streets took my daddy away from me. The street
gunned down my daddy, and he never came back –
Only
because they thought he was somebody else from the back.
From
“My Daddy” by Jeanae Ward
Grade 12, age 18
IDEA
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Lord, hear this lost soul’s prayer. I know Lord, a life for a life.
So
Lord, if you take me, bless my unborn baby and tell her that Daddy
is sorry.
The
life I lived finally claimed me.
But
baby, I will be here.
Every time your heart beats, I’ll be there walkin’ and standin’
beside you.
From
“A Thug’s Prayer” by Jazmyne Dyer
Grade 12, age 18
IDEA
Public Charter School
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Precious fetus, never given the chance to develop features.
Born without the choice to live or die.
Who gave him the right to decide the fate of a mother’s child?
All that potential diminished by a baseball bat.
Unborn, yet, alive inside her net.
Now its soul is to rest in peace –
An eternal sleep to the melodic rustling of winged angels.
From
“Buried in her womb” by Indya Wright
Grade 11, age 16
IDEA Public Charter School
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…For
a moment the sound was almost soothing. Then, he heard an all too
familiar voice. Her screams created such a disturbing noise. It was
his mother standing over a lifeless body. Crying, “Oh my God!
Someone shot my baby!”
All
that boy wanted was that guy dead,
But
a bullet had gone astray and he shot his sister in the head.
From
“Unfortunate Revenge”
by
Nicole Williams
Grade 12, age 18
IDEA
Public Charter School
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I’m
eighteen now and even though I’ve been to the ER endless times for
broken bones and cracked ribs, I still can’t leave him even though I
know I should. My heart just can’t comprehend. This man I love is no
good.
One
day I’ll get the power to leave him.
I
hope I will.
From
“Untitled” by Tiffany Tomlinson
Grade 12, age 18
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Now
it’s too late to turn the clock back.
I
should have just spoken to him man to man.
Now,
my mother has to make funeral arrangements to put me under the dark
sand.
From
“No Turning Back” by Devin Richardson
Grade 11, age 17
IDEA
Public Charter School
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Now the baby flies straight to home in an eternal sleep to melodic
rustling of angels in flight.
Coach won by himself with no remorse.
Basking in the solitary victory. But he failed to acknowledge
God
is the referee and justice will have the final outcome.
Game
over.
From
“Breaking the Rules” by Indya Wright
Grade 11, age 16
IDEA
Public Charter School
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There’s a thin line between love and hate.
A young woman crying and scared for her fate.
She’s loved him ever since they met, but after a while there are
many secrets she has kept. Every night she writes:
“Dear Diary, I love him but I don’t. There are many things I want to
tell but I won’t. He hurts me but I’ll be okay, I can’t go back home
anyway. Why does he treat me this way?
From
“A Thin Line Between Love and Hate”
By Natascha Gerald
Grade 11, age 16
IDEA Public Charter School
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This
mural will serve as a powerful and visible reminder of how the IDEA
students overcame their struggles and their fears, and through
artistic expression and civic engagement, created a masterpiece for
their fellow and future students to enjoy for years to come.
LTC
(R) William T. Dexter
Principal, IDEA Public Charter School
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There is no
trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There
is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are
respected, that
their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from
fear and
want and that they grow up in peace.
Kofi A.
Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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We cannot
change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot
guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility.
Exchange love for hate --- thereby, making the present comfortable
and the future promising.
Maya
Angelou
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In every
child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter
what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again: and
in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific
responsibility toward human life; toward the utmost idea of
goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God.
James Agee
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Youth is
the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years
or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to
destroy him.
King
Baudouin I, King of Belgium
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We do not
inherit the earth from our fathers. We borrow it from our children.
David Bower
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Peace is
that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
John Buchan |
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There is no
such thing as defeat in non-violence.
Cesar
Chavez
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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for
the timid or weak...Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness
to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.
Cesar
Chavez
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We are,
each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by
embracing one another.
Luciano de
Crescenzo
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Poetry is
an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes
into the making of bread.
Pablo
Neruda, Memoirs (Confieso Que He Vivido: Memorias) (1974)
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For it
isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it
isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor
Roosevelt
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I don't do
great things. I do small things with great love.
Mother
Teresa
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