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.

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.

'Murican Creed

The issue of Immigration

Happiness

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

The Reamble

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

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.

Perfect Lies

This is a song about my American Creed.

Immigration: Poem of 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.

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.

The Electoral College is Failing America

The Electoral College is why Trump is in Office

We are all Americans

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

Let's Talk, America

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

I Believe

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

My American Creed

It's just my American Creed

Mass incarceration

Ray Nasser and Alex Nemec

American Creed and The Pledge of Allegiance

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

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 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.

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.

Improving Respect

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

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.

A Few Words

The Pledge of Allegiance rewritten

More responses from Connecticut

Surprise Me

Our Forever Number One Fans

Family and community motivate us in life unlike any other person or factor in the world and help us become the best version of ourselves we can be. My parent's immigrant past filled with hard work and perseverance has shown me who I want to be and shapes my American Creed today.

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.

The Melting Pot

America is a melting pot of people, beliefs, and dreams. Everybody has dreams, and everybody wishes they would come true. I believe that America should be a place where the opportunity to follow your dreams is available to everyone.

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.

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

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

My American Creed

My American Creed is broken down into three main topics. Keeping a good mindset and focusing on improvement, being adventurous and gaining good experience from those things, and finally how all these things lead to better self-expression so you can be you.

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.

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.

My American Creed: Helping Our Fellow Americans

Through an audio story containing multiple interviews, I explore how I learned the importance of helping others from my family and community members.

The Continuation of the Constitution

The Constitution has been the highest law in America for 200 years, yet today, this law is not reaching far enough to continue to represent the freedoms all Americans must possess. As our society shifts, the Constitution must adapt to the people’s needs.

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.

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

Surprise Me

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.

American Creed Prompt Number 1

This Prompt is about my American Creed and how we as a nation can better ourselves to become united and ultimately one of the most powerful nations in the world

My american creed

This is what american creed means to me.

MY AMERICAN CREED Jacob Sommers

My American Creed project for the end of the school year. I put the three keywords: Fragility, Opportunity, and Diversity. These are important because they describe what America is all about and what we are.

It's A Choice Not A Necessity.

My poem is about my thoughts, questions and beliefs on the Pledge of Allegiance.

A Diverse American Creed

Selflessness goes a long way and helping others is important. Condoleezza Rice, Joe Maddon, and David Kennedy understand that the opportunities to succeed in the U.S. will arrive as long as you do not forget to also help your community.

Improving Respect

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

The American Spirit

The American Spirit, and how we can bounce back and come back stronger than ever.

What does it mean to be an American?

To be an American is to have unlimited possibilities, be different and unique, and to unite with your community.

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.

What America could use

A few things America could use to make the country a better place overall.

Being Black in America

This is a short video explaining my perception of being a young black man in America and my view on our country's history of what it was being black in America. Has there been much progress? Is there still more progress to be made?

American Creed

With freedom comes opportunity. As Americans, what are we to do with our freedom? I believe this freedom we have been given should be used to benefit others.

Freedom in America

The first thing that pops into people's minds when they hear the word America is freedom. For a few centuries, people have known America as The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. For most of the time, America has lived up to that statement, but not all the time.

Aiden's American Creed 😎

America represents many ideas and many words but I put the three most important words into a google slideshow, Enjoy!

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.

The Evolution of the American Identity

The American Creed of young Americans today is not the same as that of their parents. What causes these changes, and why is this difference significant to Americans?

The Freedom to Pursue

American creed is the freedom to pursue what you would like.

America: Religious Freedom is a Right

My American Creed is the importance of religious freedom. It is something America offers that gives individuals a sense of security.

American Creed

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

American Creed

My essay talks about two specific marginalized groups in America, the blacks and inmates.

Remembering Our Creed

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

My American Creed

Throughout my life I have experienced many instances that i would consider to be the American dream. Time and time again i have experienced opportunities and chances to become myself and explore my freedoms.

Problems in America

America is a great country, but with problems that need to be fixed. Luckily many Americans are aware of the problems in America like police brutality, high incarceration rates, low ill-maintained education system, etc.

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.

Writing Our Future projects are designed by educators for educators and the young people they work with. Intended for use in schools, libraries, and other educational settings. All projects are COPPA compliant and educator-managed. NWP is committed to supporting young people’s writing and civic participation by providing a safe and supportive environment for youth writing, media creation, sharing, and publishing.