My American Creed

It's just my American Creed

By Matt T. from Project Citizen in Connecticut

Freedom from oppression--

No more children in poverty, screaming in pain

Standing alone in the rain

Feeling like a bother, a stain

When it comes to humanity, I have great disdain

All we know is destruction, not creation

The world bubbling, overflowing with aggression

Drawing our swords at the weak

Violence and bloodshed is what we seek

Why can’t humanity just behave for a week?

If we stop our thrashin’

Turn it into compassion--

Stop the pillaging and plunder

End world hunger

Instead of bathing in pools of blood

Let’s bathe in pools of water

Chillin’, relaxin’

Forming deep connections

Cuz at the end of the day

We’re all human

Freedom from oppression

Project Citizen

Project Citizen '19

Project Citizen is a youth writing lab that is offered as part of the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University. The mission of Project Citizen is to empower young writers to engage in issues of social and political importance through a variety of genres in order to both find their voice and to become fully realized citizens in our democracy. Project Citizen brings together students from school districts and towns in Fairfield county that represent a variety of economic, racial, ethnic, and religious demographic groups in an effort to break down the "zip code apartheid" that stands in the way of true collaborative learning.

No One is Illegal

I wrote this poem to express how I feel about immigration, as an immigrant.

Lights in the future

This poem is about making the choice to not let things get in your way, but instead, trying to make a difference and give hope to the world.

True Vision

This is some of my thoughts about my American reality and how I feel about the the concept of the freedom in American.

Why to not celebrate the 4th of July

An explanation of why America wasn't really free when we signed the Declaration of Independence.

The Allfather effect

My piece is about the ways that pantheons and ideas have been destructed through time. Some of these beliefs have lasted for hundreds of years but there was never really talk about how or why the believers just stopped believing.

Happiness

This is a poem about my cousin, who recently moved.

The Beautiful American Lie

This is about how the American Dream is a lie. I'm not really in any minorities, I just wanted to point all this stuff out.

A Few Words

The Pledge of Allegiance rewritten

It's Hard to Keep Talking

I struggled to write about the idea of American Creed because it's a topic that everybody hears of so many times throughout school. To express personal opinions can only happen so many times. This piece conveys how repetitive it is to keep putting a unique spin on the idea.

Improving Respect

In America today, respect is not found as commonly as it should be. Watch the video to understand more!

Perfect Lies

This is a song about my American Creed.

We are all Americans

My poem is about what can make us all Americans and even when we all come from different nation.

The Truest Believer

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the US. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. Domestic abuse is a big problem here in America, this spoken word poem strives to give hope to those victims.

Action & Expression

A poem inspired by the American Creed.

Immigration: Poem of American Creed

The Electoral College is Failing America

The Electoral College is why Trump is in Office

Let's Talk, America

This is my response to the concept of an American Creed.

Mass incarceration

Ray Nasser and Alex Nemec

The Reamble

My piece is a black out poem with the Preamble of the constitution.

American Creed and The Pledge of Allegiance

How the Pledge of Allegiance is a misrepresentation of the American Creed.

A Penny for your Thoughts

This is a poem to get you thinking about how something that seems worthless is actually worth more then you think it is.

I Believe

This are my beliefs and how I feel about the American Creed.

Let's Fight, America

My poem is about fighting for your human rights, and knowing what belongs to you and how to stop it from being taken away.

'Murican Creed

The issue of Immigration

More responses from Connecticut

Surprise Me

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My American Creed is about both sides of my family immigrating from both Italy and Russia.

How my family shapes my American Creed...

My project, looking through the lens of my father's American story, focuses on how my family has shaped my view of the American identity.

Unseen similarities

As an expatriate, I was able to experience both European and North American values and found that they are remarkably similar. To show this I created an image of myself using both European and American civil rights articles.

Restoring Our Beliefs

My grandparents have told me countless stories about them immigrating to the United States when they were seventeen. Their stories taught me about how important America's values of opportunity and equality are, and they now need to be revitalized.

The Myth of the American Dream

The illusion of the American Dream has misleadingly lead minorities into a mindless society. In America, we are known as the land of opportunity and success. By us remaining ignorant to the inequalities that still exist, we have allowed thousands of innocent lives to be ruined.

Holding the Door

I feel what guides us is what we believe to be right. I came to the conclusion that my creed is following the beliefs of leaders that have fought discrimination; to me that is what I think is right. Here is my art piece that reflects this creed:

Family Footsteps

My podcast is me interviewing my two brothers and Dad. I asked them all about mottos. We all believe our main motto is to be the best you can be. In conclusion, our American Creed is being the best you can be, leads you to be resilient in whatever you do in life.

My American Creed

This piece is about what my American Creed is and what it could do for the United States.

Integration of Cultures

My piece explores diversity within America and how I integrate my culture and American culture into my life. This has helped me balance between different aspects of each while learning that the true definition of an American is the blending of differing backgrounds.

Pop's Story

I wrote a story about my Pop, who grew up in poverty, and how he proves that the American Dream is, in fact, attainable to any American through hard work, perseverance despite wealth, social status, and circumstances at birth.

My Family's American Creed

The story of my parents and how they have passed their American Creed onto me.

The Freedom Song

My American Creed speaks upon my own experiences growing up in Westport, my continued exposure to the arts, and how my family, freedoms, and opportunities have helped to influence my passions.

More responses about "creed", "family", "friendship", "poem ", and "youth "

Surprise Me

What the American Creed Means To ME

I wrote about the impact of the American Creed on ideologies about America and what values every American has. The essay also includes how to perfect the American standard

How my Grandfather influenced my view on American Creed

My grandfather worked his way from the bottom to achieve success, and his experiences serve as the basis of my American Creed

Dear Grandpa

Years after my grandfather passed away I have written a letter to him explaining how his stories have changed my life.

My American Creed

This poster shows words that describe and make up My American Creed.

Gen-Z

What is Gen-Z?

What is Your American Creed

My American Creed is based on acceptance, integrity, diversity, and perseverance.

The Creed

My piece is about many different topics about the American Creed. First, I talk about the history and how the American Creed was created. Then, I talk about American. Finally, I state my personal opinion about America and how I feel about being an American.

American Creed

The main point of this essay is to show that with the hard work the opportunity of ones family gets a bigger chance of succeeding in life with a better community and family.

Entre Dos Mundos

A recount of my own family history, alternating between English and Spanish representing what it's like to be Between Two Worlds.

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My piece is about how my family is connects to my American Creed. In this instance I wrote a photo story explaining how it does. I write about the journey my parents took from Afghanistan to Russia to The United States.

Just world

This piece is about the American dream of equal opportunity. This work is specifically focused on the just world hypothesis and how it leads to the misconception that is the American dream.

A Dog's Friendship

This essay is about the friendship that can form between the dog and their owner. About the benefits of having a dog and taking care of it.

My American Creed

This is a presentation that I created that describes what makes me an American.

American Creed

What I think the American Dream truly is.

Individuality

The question I chose was how does your family and community history connect to your american creed. This essay reflects on my family, the comforts I was raised in, and how they affected my current struggle to figure out who I am.

First Generation

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

An Immigrant's Journey

The story of my grandparent's journeys to America and the freedom they found here.

Traveling is My American Creed

I love to travel. Having opportunities to travel and getting to experience new cultures and environments have made me who I am. I wrote about two life changing and amazing experiences that i hope to remember forever.

My American Creed

My American creed consist of my language freedoms and responsibilities and how they will shape me as a person and shape my future.

How Do Diverse Americans Understand The American Creed?

My essay talks about the diversity of the U.S. and how that effects the American Creed. I summarize how The American Dream is not always achievable and how your background effects your American Creed.

American Creed: Rituals that Make America

To me, America is a county full of abundance and community. In this poem I describe a common ritual that embodies these traits: gathering around the dinner table. When we share a meal we are open to the food, the company, and America comes together.

Immigration, Traditions, and the American Creed

How the American Creed can be explored in the traditions passed down from my immigrant ancestors.

Some & All Poem

This is MY American Creed.

My Family and the American Creed

This is the story of how my parents immigrated here from Cambodia and Vietnam and how the American Creed has affected their lives and stories.

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