C2C '07 Showcase Stories

The Journey   
image It must have been scary, the bombing. For I was born 2 years after the Holocaust...

Created by Nico Schafgans
9th Grade, School of the Arts
Awarded First Prize
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Ora Comes to San Francisco   
image Ora decided to come to San Francisco to start a new life. She hit the road cruising in a 1950 flatbed truck.

Created by Tsipora Prochovnick
10th Grade, The Academy
Awarded 2nd Place
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My Story   
image I ran right into barbed wire and punctured through my skin. I didn't feel pain because of the blast of adrenalin.

Created by Christopher Ramirez
9th Grade, SOTA
Awarded Honorable Mention
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My Hero, The Love of My Life, My Grandpa   
image My grandpa's dream was coming true. But his real dream was that his children get an education and make something of themselves.

Created by Baldeep Rai
10th Grade, River Falls a
Awarded 3rd Place
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Peace   
image Peace is soon to be the title of a children's book that starts off, "Once Upon a Time...."

Created by Michael Sheard
11th Grade, CollegeTrack, East Plao Alto
Awarded PeaceNow Prize
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World Peace   
image Terrorism isn't a religion, it is an action.

Created by Amr Sobih, an exchange student
11th Grade, Valley Falls
Awarded PeaceNow Prize
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Charlie, Making it to California   
image At the time, the Communists were executing landowners and wealthy people, so my Grandpa had to run with just a little bit of money.

Winnie Wu
10th Grade, The Academy
Awarded Special Achievement
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Coming to "El Norte"   
image San Francisco, where my mother and grandfather began their new life. My mother, with the same clothing she wore across the border, she wore to find a job.

Susana Duran
10th Grade, The Academy
Awarded Special Achievement
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A Bracero's Journey   
image In 1942 he decided to become a bracero. A bracero is a member of a temporary work program who is allowed to work in the US fields for a short time, meaning that they eventually have to go back to Mexico.

Yesenia Chavez
9th Grade, SOTA
Awarded Special Achievement
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A Story of My Father   
image They were apart for three years, alone and unhappy. On the day of Anthony's graduation, he booked a flight to San Francisco.

Tiffany Ng.
9th Grade, SOTA
Awarded Audience Favorite
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My Story From Me to You   
image Leaving, lonely, alone, abandoned from every one close. Unwanted. Baby, pregnant, childling. Finding, looking, searching for parents for my child.

Created by Marie Sakoloff
9th Grade, SOTA
Awarded Outstanding Artistic Achievement
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Additional Festival Stories   
Here are many of the stories we recieved.

Dylan's Story
Eduardo's Story
Elena's Story
Francois' Story
Gabe's Story
George's Story
Giselle's Story
Greg's Story
Heather's Story
Henry's Story
Iman's Story
Janessa's Story
Jason's Story
Joanna's Story
Joseph's Story
Juan's Story
Jun's Story
Karen's Story
Keiara's Story
Loren's Story
Mark's Story
Mike's Story
Mona's Story
Naina's Story
Nathan's Story
Nicholas' Story
Noemi's Story
Norvin's Story
Oscar's Story
Quinn's Story
Ricardo's Story
Sanchez's Story
Sarai's Story
Scott's Story
Sosse's Story
Steven's Story
TC's Story
Terence's Story