Making a Difference Archives

Nov20
My Life as a Freedom Writer: Part III
I might be calling this "My life..." but the fact is that this is a collective story of how a rag-tag group of kids no one expected to succeed, rose to a challenge given by a young, idealistic teacher. Our journey has taken us from hopelessness to inspired and determined. For me, the everyday can get in the way of the vision, so I try hard to stay close; close to the foundation, the Freedom Writers, and our mission to change the world - starting first with ourselves.

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Now it seems the saga of the Freedom Writers has grown beyond anything we had ever hoped and taken on a life of its own. Curricula is being developed, teachers trained and battles won to allow the use of The Freedom Writer's Diary in classrooms across the continent.

Something else wonderfully surreal is in the very near future; Paramount Pictures has created a movie based on the stories the Freedom Writers told in our diary entries. I say surreal because we started out writing our stories to relieve the pain, fear and struggle we experienced daily. There is also incrediby strange to see your 
"ordinary" life replayed as a motion picture.
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Nov18
My Life as a Freedom Writer - Part II
As I said before, things were extremely crazy during our final year in high school. Not only did the Freedom Writers go to New York (many of us who had taken our first trip on a plane or out of... Continue Reading
Nov16
My Life as A Freedom Writer - Part I
In my short years on this earth, I have been blessed to be able to travel the world, become a published author, and participate in a project that could revolutionize the world of education. We all can look back at... Continue Reading
Freedom Writers at Know More Media
At Know More Media, part of our purpose is to support organizations and individuals that inspire us and make a difference in their community or in the world. We have noted our support for Unitus, Invisible Children and Nobel Prize Winner... Continue Reading
Oct22
A Magical Loan Closing Under the Full Moon in India
In light of the Nobel Peace Prize award to Dr. Yunus and Grameen Bank, I wanted to share more about this incredible microcredit movement. I wrote this in January of 2004 after returning from a expedition to India for Unitus.... Continue Reading
Oct13
My Impressions about Dr. Mohammad Yunus
I could easily see Mohammad Yunus being the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize someday. Continue Reading
 
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