Stories
These stories about East Palo Alto community members serve to inspire and celebrate positive change and living “Live in Peace.”
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This compilation features highlights from some of the Stories produced during this project. For the full version of each of the five stories, click the images below.
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Lerisa Puckett saw violence all around her, growing up, but figured out a positive, life-affirming path for herself. She attributes that to a few key ingredients in her upbringing.
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Moms McKean grew up in Texas and moved to East Palo Alto in 1959. In the 90′s they were the victims of a terrible tragedy of violence that left the family with permanent painful loss. Still, Moms and her daughter Lois voice the necessity for folks to live in peace.
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Josh Mason spent his youth in gangs and then served over ten years in prison. There he began to turn his life around. Now he is a counselor, mentor, and manager at the organization For Youth By Youth.