My name is Paola
by Paola, written at LEI with Jovenes en Accion, Cleveland Council on World Affairs My name is Paola. My name means little girl. My name was given to me by my mom. My name is a memory of my mom’s friend. All the time when I say my name to somebody new, they say, “Paola […]
My name is Mactezuma
by Mactezuma, written at LEI with Jovenes en Accion, Cleveland Council on World Affairs My name is the name of a Tlatoani (a pre-hispanic governor) of Mexico of the Aztec culture. My father gave me this name because he says that it’s the name of a warrior. It’s not a common name, and it’s good, […]
My name is Andrea
by Andrea, written at LEI with Jovenes en Accion, Cleveland Council on World Affairs I don’t know what it means, but I like it. My second name is Violeta. My parents decided on that name because my mom’s name is Violeta too. Violeta means a color, like a purple. It also means a flower. My […]
Damaris Argelia
by Damaris written at LEI with Jovenes en Accion, Cleveland Council on World Affairs I don’t know why my parents gave this name to me, But I think that I like it. Damaris means “married woman,” and I think that is so weird. Argelia is a country in Africa, that really, I don’t like. My […]
Gil
by Gil, written at LEI with Jovenes en Accion, Cleveland Council on World Affairs So far away from home is my mom, The woman who gave me this name It was January 14 when I got this name Gil, a catholic name My mother found this name in a Catholic Calendar. She found it as […]
Spirit Corner Video
This video about Spirit Corner was created by participants in LEI’s Teen Digital Media Camp with Dee Jay Doc Harrill in July 2014, supported by the Nord Family Foundation.
I am From
By Aviana at the East Cleveland Public Library Summer Creative Writing Club I am from sleeping with my tongue out as a baby. I am from moving city to city. I am from daycare to elementary school. I am from reunion (from place to place every summer). I am from wedding to divorce. I […]
Looking Out The Window I See
By Amier at the East Cleveland Public Library Summer Creative Writing Club Looking out my window I see a pool, a water park, hotels, parking lot, trees, and blue birds. Looking out my window I see a field with hay and a big tree. The field was made when an abandoned house was […]
I am From
By D’Saint C. at the East Cleveland Public Library Summer Creative Writing Club I am from special and fun places, I am from funny and parks, I am from Italy and Italian, I am from bull and cow, I am from loud and a lot of people, I am from the big apple and […]
I am From
By Tyrese W. at the East Cleveland Public Library Summer Creative Writing Club I am from East Cleveland Ohio it’s a city that people get along with sometime fight but they get back together they have fun Everyone get along so much they go to sleep when they get inside the house.