by Not One More Project | Oct 21, 2024 | Stories
Gathering Love Group Poem Invite them to the lunch table. Smile and shake their hand. Show them kindness. Say, “Hello.” Try to understand. Include them in conversation. Share feelings with others. Keep an open mind. Help them love one another. Think back...
by Not One More Project | Oct 21, 2024 | Stories
BAMBOO Adrian Perez-Roman Buried Alive Where the light dies Where you can’t see the sky The sky cries & when it rains It pours It gets muddy where I come from Muddy from pain & poverty Im muddy so I look different Im muddy so I move different I’m so...
by Not One More Project | Oct 21, 2024 | Stories
Angel 23 Told by Shaykayarira DelRio-Gonzalez Written by Laurie Grobman When he was 14, Francisco Soto, Jr. (Franky), got into his dad’s car, backed out of the driveway, and hit another parked car. That teenage prank landed this young US Karate champion and...
by Not One More Project | Oct 21, 2024 | Stories
A Journey Through Generational Trauma Told by Radarra McLendon Written by Benjamin Griffis, Niko Miranda, and Laurie Grobman Fathers and sons are shot down in cold blood. Mothers and daughters are beaten by the ones who claim to love them. Violence destroys lives...
by Not One More Project | Oct 21, 2024 | Stories
A Complex Mission to Save Kids Berks Community Action Program (BCAP) Told by Larry Berringer, Stephan Fains, Seleda Simmons, and Henry Calvo Written by Laurie Grobman Larry Berringer, Executive Director of the Berks Community Action Program (BCAP) in Reading,...
by Not One More Project | Oct 21, 2024 | Stories
Breaking a Generational Curse: Healing from Past Trauma to Prevent Future Violence Told by Anonymous Written by Laurie Grobman Charles Evans (not his real name), 32 years old, always said he “didn’t want to be like my dad” and “ended up being exactly just like him,...