Unlimited Voices, Vol. 24

UNLIMITED VOICES Reflections and Stories from the Members of Envision Unlimited

TABLE OF CONTENTS Adventures Unlimited

Kruger Korner

Black History Month

A NEW FACE AT WESTTOWN

By Jessica H. I like to hang out with everyone at Westtown and have fun. I like having lunch together, learning different things and

Meet Lewandowski

making different things like horses. It's fun talking to joe.

Everyone here is friendly and nice and I enjoy everyone’s

A Glance at Westtown

company. I like Hannah. She's really nice and sweet. Joe is really funny he makes me laugh, Mr. David is a nice teacher.

Charles' Entertainment Review

Me and Antenneh have become really close. Cody makes me laugh he's funny :)

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GREEN STUFF

By Lucy P.

Nino, Terrill, Charlotte and Suzette went for a walk in The Saint Boniface Cemetery. It was a nice day. A little cold but not too bad. We had been there before but this time we noticed a lot of green stuff that Marcos explained were geese droppings. We had a good laugh at the geese’s expense.

THE MAYOR’S OFFICE

By Lucy P.

We went to visit the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.

We met Betty and Tyra who work there. They gave us a box lunch and 150 masks for our agency. Nino, Papo, and I went to help with the delivery.

These masks are really good at protecting us. We were really grateful because everyone was nice and it was such a surprise to get free lunch too.

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ROSA PARKS

By Jamie P. Rosa Parks was on aboard the bus to Alabama. She was on the bus, sitting in her seat, looking out the window. The bus driver stopped the bus. He told Rosa to give up her seat. She was confused. She was upset, tell the bus driver, "Why you don't let me sit on the bus? There's mixed people, black and white. Like civil rights." Then he grabbed her by her clothes, and said, "Let's go outside." She said, "Okay" and walked away. She never gave up her seat. The bus driver tell her, "Get out." Then she get arrested outside of the bus. Then they take her to the police station. They put a fingerprint and they stayed there for a minute. Her best friend bailed her out of the jail. She's telling her, "Thank you for everything. I've been through it. I don't want it to happen again." Rosa went to the other bus and did the same thing again. A white guy tell her, "Please leave." Martin Luther King Jr. said, "It's not right to tell people where to sit." Rosa told the driver, "It's not right to tell me where I cannot sit. I am African American. I can sit wherever I want to. I have a dream."

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BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM

By Lucy P.

We went to the Africa Museum last Thursday. Andi took a picture of me at the museum. We seen a lot of pictures. They talk about Black History, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights. They was talking about different things, like he don't like Blacks and Whites. They prejudice. They be killing certain people they don't like. It be 1963, that's my birthday. They be talking about Black history. They was talking about civil rights. They was talking about a lot of things about Black history. It wasn't real, it was on the screen. I sat close to the screen. It was on the wall, and I was sitting on the square. They sang "We Shall Overcome." I was sitting right in the middle, and it shocked Andi. She said she was tired that day. She went home and went to bed because that was a long ride. We took pictures and we went to McDonalds two times. I got some french fries. I got a caramel sundae and some fries. I wanted to know Black History. I brought my iPad and everything. I want to know about Africa and America. I want to learn about Martin Luther King and put it in the paper.

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By Charon

I have one daughter named Precious.

I have 3 sister too. A brother and I like to eat macaroni and pizza and cheese. I want to be dancing and

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going to moves. Bowling is good. I like to me a mother. Now I am helping a group make a bigger rug.

My shirt has stripes.

INTRODUCING MYSELF

By Wauneema Smith

My color is red. I wear it. I love hamburgers and grits and chicken and fries. I am friends with Tiffany and Mary.

I relax and calm down because we do meditation. I am learning to make better rugs now. Especially my music is Prince and Michael Jackson and Old School Music and Diana Ross. I love to be on the beach.

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WASHTENAW

By Charles A.

I like myself. I took a shower this morning. I went to the doctor and he cleaned my ears out. I met Hulk Hogan for my birthday. I had a tour of his home.

His new wife is Jennifer McDaniel. I met her at Allstate Arena. I like my clothes. Pete bought me a small radio for my birthday. Sherece is a nice woman. She calls me "buddy." Washtenaw is where she works now. She gave me a shave. She made my lunch. She likes to hug me.

We Clean the Van

By Vahid M. and Jamie P.

Vahid: "Clean the van to make sure is perfect. The broom take the snow off the top of the van. I kick the snow and have fun. You got mad your pants dirty on snow."

Jamie: "I help Anteneh with dusting the snow off the windows to clean the van. Nice and neat, make sure not dirty. I love hanging around with Vahid on snow. Throw the snow each other. Before that we take picture together as friends."

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By Jamie P.

I love working the nature sounds, like a story. I hear the voices of the nature sounds, like water, wind in the trees, birds chirping. Then you have to move your arms, your legs. The nature goes faster and grows. You move your hands back and forth, like a wave in the water.

You touch the sky and move your hand back and down. You relax your body, enjoy the breeze, and enjoy the smell of the flowers next to you. You touch the grass and feel the soil, around and around in the soil, make them grow and grain. When the rain comes up, it makes the rain come faster. Everyone loves the movement of my story of nature sounds.

“I am alive. I love being here.

I hear birds chirping, saying, ‘I’m alive!’”

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ASHANTI

Ashanti is a great singer. She got a BET award, like a trophy. Me and Jay saw it on TV. Jay was dancing. I was clapping for her. She wore a dress.

She's talented. Her mom is Tina Douglas. She's a good rapper and dancer. I love her dresses. They are beautiful. I think she's a great, talented woman. She sang a song on the radio for me. I'm proud of her. I like her song "Good Good."

I give her 4 stars because she's a beautiful, loving, and charming woman, and talented.

CHARLES' ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW REBA MCENTIRE Featuring guest author Jamie P.

I like her theme music. She sang "The Heart Won't Lie" with Vince Gill. I have the DVD of her show at home. It's called Reba. I love her dresses. Her theme song is "I'm a Survivor." Reba has 3 kids with Brock. Her daughter's name in the show is Cheyenne. Cheyenne's boyfriend is Van. They had a baby named Elizabeth. In one episode, Van gets a Mustang named Rhonda and Cheyenne is jealous. Reba's other daughter is Kyra. Kyra is 16 and mean to her own mother. Her dad Brock said, "Be nice to your mother." Jake is the little boy. He is 10 and the youngest. The dad takes Jake to his house to spend time with him and Barbara Jean. They give him sweets, and Reba says "Why did you give him chocolate?" Reba used to be married to Brock. They divorced. Brock found someone else, a blonde-haired girl named Barbara Jean.

She had a son named Henry.