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Feeding thy neighbor?

White people sure don’t care anymore,

as long as there’s fresh food in their suburban stores.

They got big choices to make,

chicken parm or a juicy steak?

Whole Foods, Target, or Trader Joe’s,

Whichever they prefer, they got money to blow.

Some people aren’t as lucky.

And are forced to buy chicken from the colonel of Kentucky.

Low income urban areas are bare of any markets,

it’s a deeper problem in our American patriarchy.

Some folks have to travel for miles,

before they see any food in an aisle.

It’s quite obvious these areas are malnourished,

In this food desert, only McDonalds can flourish.

People wonder why there’s an increase in diabetes,

maybe it’s cause some folks are deprived of their Wheaties.

It’s beyond unfair that only the wealthy,

are given the opportunity to eat healthy.

So it’s time to stand up and make some changes,

can’t you hear the desperate cry for some food exchanges?

God didn’t create the Garden of Eden

For a surplus of gluttonous beings while others are barely breathin’.

-Diana Durr

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Our diets harm Earth

End entitled behavior

Try eating plant-based
Katharine Stephens

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Discrimination
We need to educate cops
Love all equally

- Jinu Mathew

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Community voice
Elect neighborhood school boards
Restore honesty

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Dear Drugs you might help relieve the pain and take them to a new place,
but its time to go,
they don't need you, we don't need you,
It's time for us to fight against you.

Jennifer Quizhpe

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Sadness for children
Screams as they are sent away
That is not my home!
How could our country
Take away a safe haven?
Mindsets need to change.

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Ethical and Religious Directive on Reproductive Care Provided by Catholic Hospitals

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Ethical and Religious Directive on Reproductive Care Provided by Catholic Hospitals

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Pray to ask god for forgiveness
Pray to ask God for trust
Pray to ask God for love
Pray to ask God for family
Pray to ask God for help
Pray to ask God for abortions

Virginia VanLieshout

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She rises and stands
Voices of many on her shoulders
She carries them with strength

When will it be enough?
She is on a hunting ground.
The repeating trauma marks her.

"Best time of our lives"
But 1 in 4 and 1 in 16
Heard but not believed

But she still rises and persists.
She's a survivor.

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Anger. Sadness. Empowerment. I have privilege.
I have opportunity.
Why?
What did I do to deserve this?
What did they do to deserve this?
We are all worthy.
Of love.
Of compassion.
Of safety.
We are all worthy.
We are all worth fighting for.
Anger. Sadness. Empowerment.
Empowerment.

Kate Pendleton

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Say bye to our earth
Say hello to waste lagoons,
& Deserted forests

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I am a student.
One day I want to help heal.
Ten more years of school
And paying for my next meal.
One day I want to be debt free
Like so many who went before me
These prices keep rising, debt causing the bank account to burst
Will there be a time, where the students come first?

Bela Woller

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Special Education Funding (by: John DeFranco) 

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Special Education Funding (by: John DeFranco) 

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Fight for what is right
Education is the key
All kids deserve it

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Millions forgotten,
Easy to turn, abandon,
Awaken to them.

Grayson Al

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a leave of absence?
mental illness does not count.
"we can not help you."

Ally Blohowiak

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Drugs plague the nation.
Color doesn't make the soul.
Change hate to helping.

Punishment doesn't
stop the suffering of the
heart in the victims.

By: Gabriella Pensa

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Lack of Funding and Budget Cuts for Mental Healthcare

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Lack of Funding and Budget Cuts for Mental Healthcare

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I cannot afford
living with mental illness
in America.
-Angie

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With each meal we gain temporary satisfaction,
But lose a part of this Earth we claim to love.
We see our world collapsing,
Yet still buy so much we dispose of.
We preach "don't run the water",
But then devour our burger and fries,
Not thinking about the gallons that went into the slaughter,
It's time to face our lies.

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Mass Incarceration: Deescalation Training 

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Mass Incarceration: Deescalation Training 

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They fought for my peace; they fought for my rights

They fought for eternity; they fought for years

I think of this during my sleepless nights

Perseverance through all the blood, sweat, and tears

Yes all live matter; our lives matter two

Is that how you’d act if not us, but you?

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Outsider by luck
Voices silenced, yet I can hear
Ignorance is the enemy

-Abigail Erickson

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families spiraling
death and birth
and someone lost their job
a family or someone else's
my grandpa died
and someone got a new job
there's a new baby
the pain in
these hearts and minds and one soul
a family or someone else's
are on slower winds
a baby was born
it wasn't a choice
someone lost their job
the grandpa died
they cant afford the birth or that death
a rich family or someone else's
has a new baby that's still alive
the other family has a baby that just died
so did the grandpa
and someone lost their job