I am beyond excited to be able to share my grandfather's story not only because I find it touching, but because I think others should know how my grandfather has contributed to my family's American creed.

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

My Oped is about what my American creed is and what it means to be an American.

My poem is about the inequality in our country. I focus on three main types of inequality in our country that affect large amounts of people. The goal of my poem is to open each person's eyes about these problems in our country and that each person deserves equality.

The American Creed: a statement of the values and ideas we consider to be “American.” It is not officially established, but events throughout American history suggest that the creed is very real. But why is the creed important, and what does it say about this country?

This is a video about my own American Creed and how it has been influenced by my family and their experiences when immigrating to America.

A poem describing my own American creed as a first generation American.

I chose to show the American Creed through art, songs, etc. For my collage, I chose to use a poem by Rupi Kaur, a newspaper article, two songs including the Star-Spangled Banner and America the beautiful, then I included the American Creed monument, and the Statue of Liberty.

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What I think it means to be an American is that no one can tell you what to do with your life. You get to choose what you you want to do or be in life. So, what do you think it means to be an American?

Individualism is one of the keys to being a true American .

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.

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This picture is about a kid that is looking up to his father. The father is giving him a present of good values. There is also a lightning bolt blocking the good values by social media. A TV, book and a phone can easily change your views. You have to choose your path.

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.

The word freedom comes to mind when we think of the question what does it mean to be American because America is known throughout the world as a country built on freedom.

I created this slideshow to show and explain my American Creed. I chose three phrases that I think are very important to this country and should be talked about because of how amazing they are.

Anyone who advocates for freedom from oppression, equal opportunity, individualism, and focusing on the people, believes in the American creed and wouldn’t find the same treatment elsewhere.

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

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.

This work is a narrative describing the story of my Great Grandpa Lewis J. Minor and how he and his family came to America from Ireland in order to live the American Dream.

Defining the word racism, and its impact on how people view the American Creed.

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 article is about what happened during the government shutdown and how I and other people view it.

This is my op-ed on why it's important to respect each other.

This topic you will be reading about is about gun violence and how we can prevent mass shootings and shootings in general. My article includes words used during a Interview that I held with New Windsor Police Chief, Robert Doss.

This is a piece about discrimination in America.

Growing up as a African-Amrican in America comes with several challeges. How we have to deal with the court system and enforcement with the police. How different cultures come to America to live a better life and have to deal with the world not accepting them and their religion.

My American Creed is based on an experience I had where I met an orphan who taught me about gratitude and progress

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