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.

By Chunjang from Project Citizen in Connecticut

All throughout time, who withstood the crime?

Which idea flowed through the web as fluid as slime?

Back in the day, it would be about the power.

Even though most gods were pretty damn sour.

See ideas are trees that produces the moral seeds.

The ideas that we gather are what form all our creeds.

Asir, Vanir, who should we pray to?

Maybe we should wait until the pantheon comes anew.

The story of how normal people defeated the allfather Odin.

Is one that time had sewn in.

This brought change to any future belief.

But honestly this could be seen as a relief.

Hear me out, humanity tries to find out the true way.

But if we look at history most of us sway.

We follow without thought.

Loving the hope it brought.

Even though some are corrupted.

Its where the truth erupted.

The true path won’t come without filter.

Because the true path, no matter the time will never wither.

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.

I Believe

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

The Reamble

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

'Murican Creed

The issue of Immigration

No One is Illegal

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

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.

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.

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.

A Few Words

The Pledge of Allegiance rewritten

We are all Americans

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

My American Creed

It's just my American Creed

Happiness

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

Let's Talk, America

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

Mass incarceration

Ray Nasser and Alex Nemec

The Electoral College is Failing America

The Electoral College is why Trump is in Office

Action & Expression

A poem inspired by the American Creed.

American Creed and The Pledge of Allegiance

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

Improving Respect

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

Immigration: Poem of American Creed

Perfect Lies

This is a song about my American Creed.

More responses from Connecticut

Surprise Me

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.

American Creed

My artwork represents my blended Irish and American heritage.

Past to Present

My piece is a response to the second invitation, "How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?" After research and deep self-reflection, I have determined what my own American Creed is. It revolves around American principles and my family.

My American Creed

Being an individual that is quite diverse, I have been profoundly influenced by my parents' experiences.

American Creed

My project represents how my Hispanic ethnicity from my parents influences myself as an American and my story of who I am.

Union

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche You are yourself, along with others you make a community. Each part, with their histories, are equally as important.

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:

Made In America

My poetry anthology is about my thoughts and the world that influences them. Everything from American history to random thinking, are all compiled into one anthology.

Freedom, Opportunity and the American Creed

My piece is about the history of my grandparents and how their lives in Italy were able to connect to my American Creed.

Protecting basic human rights

This video explains how service men and women, similar to my ancestors, selflessly risk their lives in order for people to live out their American Creed.

Climbing to Success

This photo represents how my grandparents self-perseverance have built my American creed. The three phases under the staircase show how my grandparents self-perseverance allowed them to create good lives for themselves and their family.

Community Through Education

The American Creed by using educational differences to build a community.

More responses about "creed", "hope", "morality ", "poem ", and "religion"

Surprise Me

Alisha's American Creed

Being American means you have the ability to be who you want, do what you want to do, and remake yourself as long as you work hard. You have the right to equal opportunity and to express yourself. It means to accept it's not always about you.

Actions Speak Louder Then

This is a poem about the actions I can take to express my American Creed

American Creed: The Significance of Immigration

I had to put the images into chunks so it can show up more clearly. However, there can be words that are still not clear. My poster is basically about immigration. My explanation and reason why this is significant to American Creed is explained below. Please enjoy.

Give Back To Freedom

This letter highlights different perspectives and strorie​s about what it means to give back. In my short lifetime, I have learned the incredible value of freedom and the sacrifices made in order to achieve it.

American Creed

My video talks about (and visually demonstrates) the false notations and divisions emulated in America specifically through American Creed.

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.

My Family's American Creed

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

Creed is EVERYWHERE!

American Creed is not just found in things that are "American", but everything in the U.S. has a connection to American Creed.

The Reamble

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

What is My Identity and What are My Concerns?

How I address what my identity is and what my concerns are, as well as how they are connected to my American Creed.

American Creed

My piece is about what it means to be an American.

American Creed

My essay is about what it means about being an American.

Anthem

My poem is about American creed; referencing the battle of Gettysburg and the national anthem, concluding to everyone's belief being derived from our shared values in society

American Values

This is a piece by a high school student on the core American Values and what his views are on the subject. And it shows how the values affect people, and what experiences have led to the values.

How do Traditions, Customs, and Holidays Change Through Immigration?

American Creed

Family, Community, Service, Education, and Religion

I have created a presentation based on my family's American creed. After extensive and in-depth conversations with my parents, I have learned a lot about my family history and I am excited to share.

Spangled

I gathered these images of friends, family, students, and acquaintances to try to put a face to our American diversity. I used the flag as my theme, as it is such a unifying symbol for Americans, often regardless of their creed.

Heaven on Earth: My American Creed

This poem is about sympathy towards people who don't share the rights I have. I'm thankful that Americans have the right to try to change their government and their surroundings. We all want what is best for our country.

To the Broken, You are not Alone

My poem and letter are to those people who don't think life is worth living anymore. It is for the people who are giving up on everything and have no sense of hope anymore. If you are someone like this, I pray you find help. I pray you find hope.

The Value of Family

Does the amount of value you place on your family alter with the knowledge of ancestral background? For me, the two are unrelated, but I interviewed my family as well and realized it's not where you came from, it's where you're going; experiences are more meaningful than history.

How America is Represented

How America is represented using symbols, words and phrases

Religion of America

My piece is about the rituals and symbols that make us American compared to the past to the modern day. The image is to compare the things we think of when someone says the word America, and how we treat them as symbols of our own identity, and the way we worship them.

American Creed Video

I and Jake C asked a lot of people what they did to be American.

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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