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.

By Robel from Project Citizen in Connecticut

Red, White and blue are the colors that symbolize freedom

Fight for your Right

Fight for your education

Fight for your family

Fight for your race

Fight for your sexuality

Fight for your neighbor

Fight, Fight , Fight

You know your right

Look for your light

Otherwise you just might

Lose your sight of the biggest prize


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.

My American Creed

It's just my 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.

Perfect Lies

This is a song about my American Creed.

The Electoral College is Failing America

The Electoral College is why Trump is in Office

Mass incarceration

Ray Nasser and Alex Nemec

I Believe

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

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!

We are all Americans

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

The Reamble

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

Happiness

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

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.

A Few Words

The Pledge of Allegiance rewritten

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.

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.

Action & Expression

A poem inspired by the American Creed.

No One is Illegal

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

'Murican Creed

The issue of Immigration

Immigration: Poem of American Creed

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.

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.

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.

American Creed and The Pledge of Allegiance

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

Let's Talk, America

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

More responses from Connecticut

Surprise Me

The Reamble

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

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

My Paper outlines my families history and how their experiences have impacted me or how I hope they will end up impacting me, And how their different journies have affected me.

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.

My American Creed

Exploring my family history through art in order to explain my American Creed

America: The Dark Side of the Dream

My essay is regarding our country's foundation of the American Dream, and how it eventually influenced my family to emigrate to the States, even in the present day of unjust immigrant laws.

My American Creed

My Creed Is about Patriotism, Citizenship, and hard work. I hope I can love up to these things and be a good American.

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.

My American Creed - Liberty and a Better Life

My American Creed is closely tied to my family history on my mom's side. My grandparents immigrated from Ukraine to Canada for a better life, and then my mom came to the U.S. for college and a better life.

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.

My Family's American Creed

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

My Family's Goals

Growing up in affluent town does not expose you to much but when you examine your whole family you can begin to understand what makes you and what goals have been passed down through your family.

The American Opportunity

This is about how my family shaped my American Creed through their story and beliefs of how they succeeded.

More responses about "america", "humanity", "justice", "racism", and "rights"

Surprise Me

Unified throughout history

I did a photo essay (The website wouldn't let me include my pictures) tp look through major events in US history and talk about what made the country either unified or divided during that time in history.

American Creed

Failure doesn’t define who we are as Americans. America got to where it is today by overcoming the unthinkable and never quitting on our own individual ambitions. Anyone can be who they want to be through perseverance and dedication.

American Creed Southern Style

Living in Mississippi, examples of patriotism are everywhere, whether it be American flags waving in the back of a pickup truck, saying the Pledge of Allegiance at school, or singing the National Anthem at sporting events.

Writing our Future: My American Creed

My paper talks about the freedoms you have being an American and how you are different from other people.

A Country of Immigrants

Through the experiences of talking to my mother, who was born and raised and Ukraine, I came to learn an important lesson on what it means to be "American".

The American Creed

A poem about the American Creed

Remembering Our Creed

This piece was written to remind us of the symbols that represent our American Creed.

The Effects of Racism

Have you ever wanted to know how much racism affected people? Well you're in the right place.

Ukulele of Unity

What does it mean to be American? Well, it takes more than one string to play a note, more than one fret to build a neck, and more than one person to be a band...

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.

This is america

This is a poem about how people view America, but I tell you how things really are here. I purposely did not capitalize the "A" in America to show that are not as great as most people think. The "A" won't be capitalized till we change, hopefully for the better.

Ever wondered what historical events happened with racism?

In this reading it explains specific dates of events of black history and African-American freedom. Also explains each event to understand what has happened and why it may or not be a problem. Concluding with my own opinion and personal thoughts.

Whose America? Who's America?

My poem is about my understanding and, my experience in America vs. how a minority might experience it.

American Privilege

Traveling around the world has given perspective on what it is like to be American and how fortunate we are to be an American citizen.

Improving Respect

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

Germany to America: Family History Shaping My American Creed

Without my Grandmother's efforts and her coming to The United States, I would not be apart of THE ALLEE family. This heavily impacts MY American Creed. The United States of America was and still is a place of opportunity for the less fortunate. 

Living in America

In the wake of recent political turmoil in the US, including the 2016 election and movement for gun reform, I wrote this song in attempt to address the loss of respect within national discussions. For it is respect that is fundamental to bringing together such a diverse nation.

America

This is a poem about what America is, and what it should be to make it a great place to live.

What It Means to Be America

We all share the same dreams of success.

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

America's Foundation

To learn about the American Creed, we made a Photoshop masking project. This project has taught me a lot about the land I live in. I chose this image because it symbolizes the foundations of our country.

Dear America

America break up letter.

Don't Deny the Poblems We Face

In this essay you will experience what it feels like to truly know America. People constantly want to tell others about how great America is by just reading in a book. America faces problems that are unforgiving and we must be aware of these problems.

America Dream

Everyone has often wondered what "The American Dream" really is; this poem is just a short version of my American Dream.

Writing Our Future: American Creed is part of the National Writing Project’s family of youth publishing projects, all gathered under the Writing Our Future initiative.

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