Poetic Voices		Born to Lead
New poems from the community Everything that has to be said Hasn’t ever been said. Everything that has to be done Hasn’t ever been done. So, what’s the point? What’s the point?! There’s still time for you To get your message through. What are you going to do about it? When are you going to do it? -Poetess Kalamu Chaché, EPA.net Poetry Editor Here's how to submit your poems to Poetic Voices. Click to read this month's poetry...		Local Entrepreneur Tells His Story By Halim Mustafa My intention in sharing this story is to serve as an inspiration to my community, especially to many of the youth whom I worked with over the years for life awareness and career motivation. It is important for them to see some closure in my life as it relates to the multitude of activities I have represented in my work for humanity that have unfolded in my life's "Cycle of Success" journey, which has taken a major span of time, energy and sacrifice. Click to read more...

Another Chance For Education		"We Have Become the Change We Wanted to See"
EPA Police Department program helping teenage boys get back on track By Jeffrey M. Carroll, Program Coordinator John*, a 7th-grader in the Ravenswood City School District, was sitting in the back of an East Palo Alto police car contemplating his future. He had just been arrested for stealing a minibike, which he had also crashed. His leg was bleeding profusely from the accident but that was not what John was worried about. He kept asking the officer if he was really going to jail. The officer said, "We'll see what happens after you get some medical attention." But John did not end up going to jail. Instead he was referred to Another Chance for Education (ACE), a youth diversion program of the East Palo Alto Police Department. * Name has been changed to protect privacy. Click to read more...		2004 City of East Palo Alto State of the City Address By Mayor Donna Rutherford In preparing for tonight's speech, I reflected on my thirty-five years of residency and involvement in East Palo Alto and how much the City has changed; I reflected on how different of a community it is now compared to how it was ten, twenty and for sure, thirty years ago - before we were even a City. The City of East Palo Alto, like many of us, has grown older and is now, I realize, the City that we wanted it to become back then. Click to read more...
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