Reports on school and community events; book, movie and entertainment reviews; interviews; feature articles; short stories; poetry and other items by and about young people in our community
Kadidia Coulibaly: Assumptions to a peasant
Assumptions To a Peasant When I’m a stranger to them, It’s assumed that I think too highly of myself. Then they actually meet me… All of a sudden “humble”…
Ililli Ahmed: Poem “My Black Is Beautiful”
By Ililli Ahmed Although February is over, Black history, as well as the history of all minorities, still deserves to be celebrated everyday; as a part of school curricular…
Kika Otiono: Dear Diary: Why does the world seem to be falling apart?
By Kika Otiono, Youth Editor Dear Diary, Today has been one of those days. It’s hard to describe it; there are just certain days when the injustices in the world…
Maya Basudde: A World with One Nation
by Maya Basudde When I think of community I think of my grandmother’s oak tree Each individual branch reaching up to the sky so beautifully contributing to a greater thing…
Muna Mohammed: Striking A Balance – How activist burnout can be detrimental to the well-being of young black teens.
By Muna Mohamed On Monday February 8th 2016, 23-year old Black Lives Matter activist, Marshawn McCarrel II, died by suicide outside of the Ohio state house.[i] McCarrel played an instrumental…
Drew Simpson: Racist Undertones
Racist Undertones By Drew Simpson When we told people that we were moving to Canada, they referred to it as the “White man’s land”. Along with the snow, in Canada…
Colonel By Secondary School celebrates Black History Month in style
Wednesday 10 February, 2016 Teacher Crystal-Lee Savage was in her element as mentor and motivator, as she once again guided the students at Colonel By Secondary School to a rapturous…
Kika Otiono: #OscarsSoWhite: Rewarding Black Excellence
#OscarsSoWhite: Rewarding Black Excellence The follies of generations past should not rest upon the shoulders of innocent individuals. With the abolition of slavery hundreds of years ago in North America,…
Ililli Ahmed: The Wiz – A timeless classic!
The Wiz: A timeless classic! Ililli Ahmed Decades ago, The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, adapted from a written version by William F. Brown, opened…
Kika Otiono: Compassion amidst crisis – Welcoming Syrian refugees
by Kika Otiono, Youth Editor On September 2, 2015, the picture of a boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea appeared on 20 million screens around the world—in just 12…