This website aims to counter false narratives about the Black Lives Matter movement and Hispanic communities in the United States by offering extensive information about both. You can find Yuliana and Cristian’s website, The Truth.
Category: 2021- “The Path to Freedom (Is Power)”
Jennifer Gonzalez, Laitla Sims, and Andrea Palacios
College mentors: Taylor Gallihue and Jeevita Tharmarajah The video essay and artwork serve to bring awareness about the harmfulness of labelling and gendered social constructs in society, and its negative effects on identity acquisition and expression. Watch Laitla’s video essay here: https://youtu.be/nWQkiLyoYj4 Artwork by Jennifer Gonzalez: “For this project, I created an art piece representing…
Carla Reyes and Kaylee Carcamo
College mentor: Madeline Iazzetta The artwork and poem serve to bring awareness about sexual harassment in the workplace. Watch Kaylee recite her poem here: https://youtu.be/Z9PhaOHbO98 “I wanted to truly capture the pain and suffering of a woman dealing with trauma” – Kaylee Carcamo Artwork by Carla Reyes: Read a script based on William v. Saxbe,…
Nya Mozelle, Samariah Hamilton, and Brian Nelson
College mentor: Christina Alemayehu Titled “The Fear in Freedom,” this project looks at how the lack of freedom can instill fear in individuals. Speaking on topics such as capitalism, individualism, and the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., it explores how so many still feel fearful in a country that prides itself as the Land…
Katherine Ramirez
College mentor: Anna Mayer This project highlights the contributions made by Ida B. Wells and Charlotte Hawkins Brown in the liberation from Jim Crow laws. “For the writing for change project I made two posters giving information about two women Ida B. Wells and Charlotte Hawkins Brown. I gave a short synopsis of their life…
Adrian Tejeda Encarnacion and Izack Portela
College mentor: Amanda Vu This project is a compilation of short stories about the difficulties experienced by migrant workers and the importance of solidarity. “The Frontera Brothers” by Adrian Tejeda Encarnacion The name’s Jose. I come from Oaxaca, a city in Mexico. The people around there are very vivid, kind hearted, passionate about each other…
Fabela Montufarrosales and Amir Lopez Macario
College mentor: Julia Pavlick About the projects: “We chose to protest as our topic for our Writing for Change project. We wanted to show how protest is tied to freedom since thousands of people do it on a daily basis to obtain their liberties or rights. Trans people are entitled to the many freedoms and…
Cooper Reynolds and Sheyla Cristales
College Mentors: Andrea Vasquez and Shelby Malcolm Cooper’s and Sheyla’s project is about women’s rights in school. Their project is a painting time-lapse video with a spoken word poem serving as voiceover. Sheyla created a painting that highlights the double standards that exist in school dress codes. Through her piece, she wanted to convey the…
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