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"Actions in Spotlight has encouraged me to learn more about why these inequalities exist and how society can resolve them through the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals."
"Actions encourages other young people to learn more and speak out for the causes they support; our voices will be heard."
Nonfiction in response to Partnerships for the Goals
May 2019
When I was little, my teachers taught my peers and me skills like adding and subtracting, reading and writing. They also taught us other skills like sharing with each other, talking about our problems, and negotiating solutions. These are basic principles...
By Georgia Bernbaum
May 2019
Nonfiction in response to Partnerships for the Goals
To achieve all 16 goals, the United Nations put forth the 17th goal which encourages collaboration between public and private sector to achieve the goals.Schools, public or private, play an important role to help achieve this 17th goal. They should prepare the future...
By Grace Muresan
Nonfiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
At the sprawling Cathedral Kitchen complex in Camden, New Jersey, the floodgates open daily at 4 p.m. sharp; 12 p.m. on the weekends. As the day’s crew of 20-25 volunteers finishes setting the tables with homemade placemats and...
By Ilana Arougheti
Nonfiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
It was a cold but crisp morning when we left our house in Sunnyvale in a dark blue vehicle, in search of another vehicle, a double-wide trailer called This is Hunger, literally an exhibit on wheels...
By Grace Muresan
Nonfiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
Malnutrition is a problem that people typically think of as belonging to third-world countries. But what if I told you that first-world countries, too, suffer from that problem? “Hidden hunger” is a form of malnutrition where...
By Karen Wu
Fiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
It was raining. Again. The boy ducked into a nearby ally, small hands raised over his head. There, he crouched down atop a crate, chest heaving. His dark, matted hair hung over his face, covering most of his chocolate-brown eyes...
By Caroline Sun
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Nonfiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
Food: without it, we cannot live. One important function food has is keeping us energized during the day, so that we can do all the things we need to do, such as going to school. Unfortunately, many people around the world do not have access to this necessity...
By Karen Wu
Poem in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
you learn to ignore it.
the rumble in your gut
the silent plea from your stomach for food
the craving slowly consumes you...
By Mofe Akinyanmi
Fiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
Riiiiiing! I sigh as I hear the familiar tone of my alarm clock. My stomach grumbles as I turn in my bed and groggily stare at the time. It’s 6:30. Time to go. Rising from my bed, I shiver. The cool morning chill is much different than the warmth of my sheets...
By Kelsey Cashman
Poem in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
Stomach grumbles,
So I reach for a snack.
If there’s nothing to eat,
I’m taken aback...
By Kelsey Cashman
Nonfiction in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
When considering world hunger, it’s important to look at local impacts in addition to more global ones.
While some people believe that world hunger exists because there is not enough food to feed everyone, the world...
By Amrita Bhasin
Poem in response to Zero Hunger
February 2018
The man gets up from his sleeping bag
And he looks around, his feet he drags
To the nearest place where he can beg for food
Because just a morsel would do him good...
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By Grace Muresan
