Hector Acevedo
12.28.09
From our first initial visit to the different East end communities it is clear that there are major forms of oppression that need to be broken....
Hector Acevedo
12.23.09
Ypp @ HC has begun to make tremendous strides as a result of the on going efforts of the Ypp core team.
Hector Acevedo
10.20.09
While eagerly anticipating CNNs Latino in America broadcast (which will air on October 21st and 22nd) I began reading this article on depression and young Latinas....
Mr. Sykes
10.7.09
On the day of what would have been the 27th birthday of Chris Adagbonyin, I've decided not to do a very lengthy blog. Instead I've decided to send him wishes from a few individuals here in Jackson's YPP. Rosalyn: Happy Birthday Big Bun!!! I miss you!!! But we holding it down for you. Things are really starting to come together. We putting YPP on the map. We making you proud. LOVE YOU...xoxoxoxoxoxo Antonio:Happy B-Day Big Bun... Man we really miss YOU here but YOU live on in us each and every day through YPP and we taking YPP to big and better places and YOU get alot of that joy because you are the inspiration to us in YPP today... So we keeping YOU alive....Much Love Always Kevin: still at it....gotta keep this thing going so our kids can have it one day cuz....Any of my good work is in your name.....Miss you ima keep my eyes on Ty Keke: Happy B-Day Big Bun...Man we still here on the grind as you can see. I know you are shinning down on us and thats y so many of us continue to work hard everyday. We miss you so much it's hard to explain. Big Bun and YPP 4ever. 1 Love
Mr. Sykes
9.4.09
On July 28, 2009 the world lost a great contributor. Mr. Jimmie Travis was a leader,motivator and a humble being. In the 60's, as a young man, Jimmie took the bullet that ultimately saved the life of Bob Moses. Had that bullet traveled in any other direction, this blog may never have existed. There would be no Algebra Project or YPP, no Omo to call for advice, no Maisha to call for an encouraging word. What Mr. Travis did for us we must do for the world. We must absorb the bullets that are intended to destroy our communities( inadequate education; restricted, if any, access to quality healthcare). We must be the bearers of burdens not intended for us as well as those that are. All of this has to be done in the spirit of selfless sacrifice. We all are intended to contribute something to this world which is greater than us: that outlives us. We are only drops in the stream that must become a lake of unity,a reservoir of fairness and justice, a river of peace and eventually an ocean of harmony. YPP is a place, for many of us, where that began and our communities and the broader world is where it must be sustained. One bullet, caught by an unintended target, is what made our work possible. For what Jimmie Travis and others like him have done for us, YPP moves and lives in eternal gratitude. Thanks Jimmie!!!!
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