Jeffrey Caliedo: Shaping and Changing Mississippi
by Joshua Wright Photo above of Jeffrey Caliedo by Imani Khayyam The day Jeffrey Caliedo realized he was different was when he asked his parents about it when he was 10. Caliedo went to his mom and asked her, “Why do me and dad look different from you and a lot of people at my […]
Leslyn Smith: Always Ready to Help
by Maggie Jefferis Photo above of Leslyn Smith by Imani Khayyam On a dark, sweaty night deep in Sandhill, Miss., a group of cousins were playing soccer when one of them kicked the ball over a fence while going for the goal. Leslyn Smith, then a 6th grader, volunteered to go get the ball. She […]
Joshua Wright: Back at YMP to Share
by Jeffrey Caliedo Photo above of Joshua Wright by Kelsee Ford What seemed to be a fairly regular day at the Youth Media Project soon proved to be a life-changing experience for Joshua Wright in the summer of 2016. Walking into the seemingly mundane office, Wright discovered an astonishing find. Sitting on the wooden table […]
Sean Collins: Losing Everything and Still Smiling
By Z’eani Furdge Photo above of Sean Collins by Sonni Presley On a very windy night in 2005, Hurricane Katrina was making its way into the Biloxi-Gulfport area of Mississippi. “We have to go,” Sean Collins heard his mother Laura say as she and his father, Chris, woke him up. “Where are we going?” Collins […]
Chauncey Nettles: The Magnificent
by Aja Purvis Photo above of Chauncey Nettles by Kelsee Ford The sun blazed down brightly in the 70-degree Mississippi weather as the Nettles family gathered in the cozy home of Aunt Arleans, enjoying each other’s company and taking advantage of this Christmas Eve they had together in Jackson. Younger children gathered around the neatly […]
Young Men, Stop Gambling and Save Your Life
[gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Shakira_Porter_Ik_web-1-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Shakira_Porter_Ik_web-1.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] by Shakira Porter On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, two young brothers, 16-year-old Davonza Jaron Bell and 18-year-old Donta Curry, were in Westside Park in west Jackson with a group of guys playing dice when heated tempers turned the game into gunfire. A friend from my […]
Saved by the Yin-Yang: Learning to Embrace Good and the Bad
Kenytta Brown (left) helped welcome Mayor-elect Chokwe A. Lumumba (right) to the YMP for an interview soon after he won the 2017 Democratic primary. JPS school board member Jed Oppenheim is in the center. Photo above by Donna Ladd [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kenytta_Brown_Ik-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kenytta_Brown_Ik.jpg alt=””][/gdlr_frame] by Kenytta Brown When I […]
Why Teens Commit Crime
by Patrick Harris [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patrick_Harris_Ik-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patrick_Harris_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] One week before my mother needed some money for the rent man and bills, my brothers and I made some plans for each one of us to help our mother pay rent. My little brother went to the store, and stole […]
Homeschooling: An Awesome Experience
Whether you’re sitting in 5th period or studying calculus on the beach, having options is what 16-year-old Z’eani Furdge says transformed her high school education. Photo above by Joshua Wright by Z’eani Furdge [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Zeani_Furdge_Ik-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Zeani_Furdge_Ik-e1468524194208.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] “Beep, beep, beep.” “It’s 6 a.m. already,” I say to myself as […]
Future Leaders Build Bonds, Grow from Diversity
by Maisie Brown Photo above of Rikyla Brown by Jordan Mahoney [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Maisie Brown”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Maisie_Brown.png” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Maisie_Brown.png” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] The large room with huge African flags plastered over the huge walls shows signs of black liberation and power at the Lumumba Center at 939 W. Capitol St. in Jackson. Rooms are named after […]
