Introducing Ánimo High School!

Journal Artwork by Heather, 18 from Ánimo HS

We are so excited to introduce our newest Hope Chronicles Community Listeners, the creative writing students at Ánimo Pat Brown High School, a GreenDot Charter school in South Los Angeles! Each of these wonderfully talented and artistic students will be spending the next few months passing around Hope Journals to family, friends, strangers, and neighbors in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of LA. Already in just the past three weeks, hundreds of conversations have been had and dozens of  stories have been gathered.

Starting today, we’ll be sharing these hopes on the site among our other, regular updates. Plus, each Friday the students themselves will be sharing their own personal stories of how they’ve been changed by conversation with journal entries, short stories, creative writing, and poetry that we’ll be showcasing the Hope Chronicles Blog.

So, take some time and enjoy the amazing hopes that these students are collecting from their neighbors as they grow and change because of the community around them.

- October 25: Jesús and America
- October 26: Carolina and Diana
- October 28: Kimberley
- October 29: Blogs from Diana, Kimberley, and America
- November 1: Clarisa
- November 2: Deborah and Susana
- November 4: Heather
- November 5: Blogs from Susana, Deborah, and Heather
- November 8: Justine
- November 9: Yesenia
- November 10: Miriam and Flora
- November 10: Blogs from Yesenia, Yazmin, Justine, and Becca
- November 11: Eva
- November 12: Blogs from Irma, Carolina, Itzel, Selvin, and Juan

Check out the full Ánimo Archives here.