Bulletin Board
See how other teens express their feelings about violence.
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Art Submissions
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- Carline, 15
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- Perry, 17 |
Video Submissions
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Written Submissions
"How was I affected by violence?"
Dear Violence,
I was affected by you when you decided to invite yourself in an argument, which ultimately took my cousins life. My cousin didn’t know that fight was going to be his Last breath in life.
Down from college on break, he rekindled a relationship with his girlfriend I forget her name, she forgot to tell an important piece of information that she was now involved with a dude that was so infatuated with her and none the less she’s playing my cousin and her main. Violence my cousin is victim of a lie, because he thought he was the only apple in her eye.
I got the call and all I could do Is break and cry, 19 years old slain took a bullet at Point blank range, life ended the streets are cold. Everyone that was once affiliated wearing his picture on a t- shirt. Some may be your future, he made mistakes in life, but his vision changed and the picture became clear. That violence and Illegal activity wasn’t the life my auntie raised him to live.
The decisions to change his ways came about; he was trying to avoid jail, heaven, hell, death and now college was apart of his plan, but you found him violence and the very Thing he became successful at avoiding you brought along with you death.
Gone but not forgotten my cousin succeeded in getting to college and graduated to the grave, because of violence…
- Shacora
Violence is one thing that has deep impact in our society and our community.
I wouldn’t say that violence affected me much, because I’m not much of a violent person.
Every day I see violence around me . I feel it affects me in a way that I see young women out here getting abused and they are mostly getting abused by men boyfriends, husbands or a father.
When I witness this I feel like I should do something there is nothing much for me to do. These young women can be a reflection of my mom, cousins, or my little sister.
Gang violence is in our community and it occurs every day. There are kids out there that want to carry guns to rob the community stores to be called gangsters. On the other hand the most popular type of violence is gang violence there are several different gangs out here that are really having a big impact on our community.
Violence is a very harmful thing in our community today.
- Steve
Violence affected my life, by me being there when my brother got shot by his homeboy and I learned that not to be in a gang or around anybody that will do something stupid. It really affected me because now my brother is dead and he was going to college. He has two children and now there father is not here.
- Jessica
The pain the agony, looking feeling so raggaty. The thoughts of hatered got me going all craze`. The child abuse. That rappest man on news. How could you be so heartless? Living in this world, its like darkness. Take a trip on a cruise, fap,fap a man wants to shoot. Why the violence, feeling trap with silence. Here comes the sirons, a dead man is GONE… Had a family at home. Why don’t yah take the time to say violence is wrong.
-Bianca, 17
Violence is committed everywhere in the world. Its not even safe for someone to walk outside of their house without getting hurt. Everyday on the news, there’s someone getting hurt or dying. In my opinion, there is no way to stop violence because the act of violent comes from inside a person. I believe that violence comes from the anger a person have inside. When they give in into the anger, it turns into violence.
-Yanique
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