OC Youth Organizers

by Amanda Bastien He stared at the gun barrel and pushed the trigger. BAM! His life gone, his family destroyed, and now everyone is asking why. Why did this thirteen year old boy take his own life? Everyday, he dreaded going to school- a place where students should feel safe. He was harassed, verbally abused, and called the cruelest names.

by Jenn Beard “Take one step forward if you have grown up with more than one hundred books in your home.” I take a step forward. “Take two steps forward if somebody in your family has told you that you are capable of achieving your dreams.” I take two steps forward. “Take one step back if you have ever lived

by Kara Burner Growing up I’ve never judge my mother’s being the way they are. Yet who has the right to judge someone especially when it’s your family. When it comes to gay and lesbian rights it is a very sensitive subject for me. I think if you love someone and marriage is the way to go who has the

by Abriana Fernandez Making The Dream Act law simply makes sense. The Dream Act was first introduced by Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah (who now opposes the measure) with the idea to provide people the opportunity, if under the age of sixteen when entering the United States, to become legal citizens. Those who have a GED or a high

by Sandra McCormick You laugh and you taunt Thinking nothing of us Because we’re not like you. We’re pushed In the background, Hidden away, Thought of as bad, Something to despair. But we found our Voice now, Something you Can’t take away, We all now will rise, It’ll be a new day. We will fight Your oppression, You hate And