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Peace

From: KRCB Voice of Youth
Length: 00:59:17

Just one click away?is an hour-long aural dictionary entry. The word : ?Peace.? The young lexicographers :Laquoia, Greg and Tyme, striving to find all the facets of what Peace means to them and the kids around them, using real stories, raw sound, and roundtable discussion. Read the full description.
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Default-piece-image-2 Most dictionaries are written by adult academics sitting behind desks. This dictionary entry is composed by a diverse group of kids, giving the definition found out on the streets, where kids are banging, skating, shopping, driving, living? Three young adults use interviews with 6th graders in gang neighborhoods, lectures by Cornell West and everything in between, to break down a word that is usually just thrown around. The word? PEACE?

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Most dictionaries are written by adult academics sitting behind desks. This dictionary entry is composed by a diverse group of kids, giving the definition found out on the streets, where kids are banging, skating, shopping, driving, living? Three young adults use interviews with 6th graders in gang neighborhoods, lectures by Cornell West and everything in between, to break down a word that is usually just thrown around. The word? PEACE?

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