Essay Contest
‘What it means to be free in 2020’ — a poem from our young writers contest
“Sorrow will not confine me. My freedom endures.”
Free To + Free From = Freedom By — an essay from our young writers contest
“My friends and I all cheer every night for the people that protect our freedom from sickness.”
How I found freedom through dialogue — an essay from our young writers contest
“Freedom will not be fulfilled until I know that every human of every background is safe, protected, and heard from.”
‘NW DC’ — a poem from our young writers contest
“The rich pretend to be normal. The poor pretend to be normal. The normal pretend to be happy. And the happy have moved away.”
She followed her star — a story from our young writers contest
“She felt that she too was in a cage. Not the same kind, more like a net.”
‘Learning about the First Amendment changed my life’ — an essay from our young writers contest
“I never considered the possibility that I couldn’t practice Judaism freely.”
‘Freedom for me is freedom from you’ — a poem from our young writers contest
“You held my hand when i was too afraid to walk; you kissed my tears when the thunder clapped.”
‘The lie wasn’t ignorance; it was freedom’ — an essay from our young writers contest
“Taking my girlfriend to homecoming was now out of the question. Even being with her in public felt scarier than usual.”
Sea split freedom — a poem from our young writers contest
“Freedom is to keep walking through the split sea until we reach the dry land.”
To be free is to love — a youth essay contestant
“They hated who I was so much that the only way for them to come to peace with it was to see me die.”