Weirdo Dayo: September 11, 2001

Think of this as the broadcast that could have been. Enter the images, read the pieces aloud as if a young person you love stands near. What you see and hear will leave you no doubt that these young artists and writers have been changed by the events of September 11th. But what you find here is not a catalogue of damages. These young people are aware-but they are resolute. Their work says "No" to an angry and narrow afterwards; "Yes" to an alert, compassionate now.

Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Brown University

 
Arielle Black, Age 17, Martin Van Buren High School, Queens Village
Yohanni Caba, Murray Bergtraum High School, Manhattan
Magdalena Chwierut, Age 18, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL
Julia Gorodkina, Age 17, Midwood High School, Brooklyn
Carson Kung, Age 9, PS 234, Manhattan
Raychel Kurzius, Age 13, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Ridgewood, NJ
Kristine Michelsen-Correa, Age 17, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn
Maryanne Milano, Age 9, PS 234, Manhattan
Maryanne Milano, Age 9, PS 234, Manhattan
Harris Solomon, Age 16, St. Ann's School, Brooklyn