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 […]
I Won’t Let My Godmother Down
by Shakira Porter Photo by Nameisha Magee My godmother Lashunda Summers made me who I am today. She is a wonderful, intelligent, hard-working woman who takes care of elderly people for a living. She often tells me how blessed I am today. She has been there for me for a good long time. She took […]
YMP-PTA Mayor Forum Video, Questionnaire
Here is the Facebook Live video from the Youth Mayoral Forum at Provine High School on Monday, April 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Supervisor Robert Graham had confirmed, but did not show up. The questions are below this post in the comments so you can follow along. Video #1: Video #2 (closing statements): WJTV […]
‘Money Can Read; He’s Smart’
by Marquavious Harris Photo above of Harris by Dartavius Archie Money is this 20-year-old boy who is my cousin. Money grew up in Jackson, Miss., on a small side of town called the Virden Addition. Money’s father was in jail before he turned 9, so he really didn’t have a father figure to look up […]
From the Mayor to Shabbat: A Summer of Learning at YMP
From meeting the mayor to interviewing Medgar Evers’ daughter, 15-year-old Joshua Wright spent the summer pounding the streets of Jackson, Miss. discovering an entirely different side of the city he so quickly overlooked. By Joshua Wright [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/Josh-Wright-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Josh-Wright.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] I have enjoyed my time at the Mississippi Youth […]