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Erase the Hate Contest Winners 2008-9 Winners announced at the Youth Family Event, Sunday,
April 26, 2009, 3-5 PM Poster Honorable
Mention Yasmeen Awada , Mohamed Elhindi , Muna Farhan, Hassan Hafeez, Zeina Condon, Morgan Korecki.,
Maria Cernak, Zachary Condon, Jake Crane, Brittany Kudja, Jacqueline Burns, Matt Empie,
Jewell Miller, Stacey Aberl, Katharine Szymanski,
Michelle Chanady, Brendon Crosby, Ellen Guisfredi, Emily Stearns, Virginia Dionisio,
Marielle Dusa, Emily Poor,
Kaitlyn Ritts, Shawn
Wynn, Jason Zwayer Poster Finalists Elementary School
Division
Middle School
Division
High School Division
Poetry Middle School
Division Semi-Finalists Deena Zucker
Balance, Jessie Griffith The Snow, Sukanya
Dayal Them, Emma Baker Mean Girl, Maddie Kaser Bullies High School Division Semi-Finalists Samanatha Smolenski Find
Yourself, Brittany Malkemus With Video Finalists Middle School
Division:
Its purity is amazing Like one thousand dancing
fairies Like one million little
sparkles Each and every one an
individual Each and every one a hope A spark A piece of faith The snow comes from the
heavens So do people All people The snow is on the ground
now All of them united Together One So me That little girl Who sits by the window and
wonders... What if the world was like
my backyard? Every single snowflake United as one. -Jessie Griffith The girl you've known
forever, your friend of your early
memories play dates, sleepovers and
birthday parties is no more. She's still there
physically, but she's become one of
their numbers, a mean girl. And to her you've become an
ant on the golden brick road, a small insignificant speck
on the road to "popular" What is popular? A roller
coaster where you're strapped in and have to coast along your friend's moods. Up or down,happy or sad. Why do people want to be
popular? They should be happy where
they are, sure of there rock solid
friendships, not the paper fans that are
,the popular ones, pretty but not dependable I do admit I feel sorry For them. -Emma Baker
Forgive
those who've hurt us, forget what they've said. You
can't blame someone for the thoughts in their head. Our
opinions were instilled by how we were raised, Though
our elders' discrimination was mistaken and dazed. It's our duty now to see through
this stumbling block; Open our minds and never engage in such talk. I'll be the first to stand up and be
strong Because I certainly believe we can
all get along. I'll love what's inside and
disregard the out. See the beauty in all people and
never have doubt! Let's show our ancestors the real meaning of love, Who
we are, what we can be and what our hearts are made of. Forget skin color,
sexuality, ethnicity and race. We're
all the same creation, made in the image of God's grace. Together
we all have the same goal in life, To make it to heaven
without very much strife. Therefore, love your neighbor
as yourself and never think more. Our generation will make the
world better than before. Today's the day, so save the date. From
this moment on, I'm erasing the hate. By Lindsay Leasor We’re on the edge of being fair and centered We’re one step away Almost
there Done with the rallies From German Nazi death tallies Almost
there Clichés tell me that counts in hand grenades We’re close, done with right parades Almost
there They tell me we’ve done much in a century But here’s my contemplation Almost there, eighty percent of the way Why not a unified nation? L.A. Riots over, hearts stopped racin’ Almost
there Progress stopped like a bus long ago With a little lady on it Almost
there. But I don’t care I declare Black president, equal op. residence, We’ve filed all the precedents Present needs to match past progression No more recession Almost there Daniel Lopez The
Looking Glass of Our Future The cruel hand of fury
lashes out Striking their
misunderstood Brother A scar that never Fades He cries out in pain but
there is no sound He is Voiceless Fury knows no equal Pure hate masks the
confusion, sorrow, fear in our Hearts That we will be forever
left in the Dark Slavery, Holocaust, War,
Hate Crimes manifest themselves As the ignorant bullies in
school From the pain and sacrifice
of our Unheard past Gathered a driving Force of
anger and desperation Calling out for Change and
Salvation for their next generation What we lost during our own
trail of tears we can claim as Ours A Mark of pride and
memoriam for what we braved A seed of Hope is planted
in the soil of violence And Dreams deferred A driving Force of
Celebration and Strength Pushes a sproutlet into the Wonder of Clear Sunlight An incandescent Flower of
celebration The Unbreakable Stem
anchors the Flower to the Soils of our past Our Hearts are the Path
that can Us To see through the Eyes of
Humanity. Sarina Mathis By Diamond Stewart It's one o'clock, three o'clock Mom is not home Dad
drunk on the couch and in the zone I'm
fourteen years old isn't no where near grown Walking the streets of Junction Trying to bring gorsier home The
cops Man in the backseat shot a boy not even half-way grown Little
boys age of ten smoking, drinking, Going down wrong Little girl age of ten Pregnant by a 30-year-old man Man has a wife and kids at home He can't pay the bills The
dark streets of Junction and Vance Staying
'til the end of the world Me and some other girls We
march the streets happy and proud Erasing the hate from the crowd Replacing the pain with love It's time for a change Be happy for free, live life for free Take it without the price Only thing you have to pay s attention and give respect Care
and love people and let them know Time to erase the hate But
first lets start with me and you |
