Be the dream :  Prep for Prep graduates share their stories / 
compiled and introduced by Gary Simons ; [with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman]. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Chapel Hill, N.C. :  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,  c2003. 
 - xxii, 374 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Prep for Prep Press book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Marian Wright Edelman --  An Autobiographical Vignette: "To Infinity and Beyond" / Damali Driskell --  Introduction / Gary Simons --  I. Beginnings --  An Open Letter to Future Generations of Stickball Players at 112 Nagle Avenue from a Trinity School Eighth-Grader / Ezequiel Minaya --  The Scent of Sawdust / Thomas Sze Leong Yu --  Going Home / Nicole Isaac --  M'Ethangatha's Gift / Karimi Grace Mailutha --  II. The Culture of Prep --  "Esos Muchachos!" / Elbert Garcia --  Prep for Prep and the Construction of Meaningful Democracy / Joshua Demetrius Bloodworth --  The Test / Yu Wong --  III. Lessons Learned Well and Early --  "I'm a Bidness Man!" / Nnamdi Orakwue --  Doing the Right Thing / Orlando Bishop --  "I Am the Master of My Fate; I Am the Captain of My Soul" / David Gonzalez --  Anomalies / Jameel Dennis --  Fifty Bucks in Your Pocket / Richard Bertematti --  IV. A Place to Belong --  Who's That Smiling Through My Face? / Derrick Biney-Amissah --  Questions and Answers / Shana M. Harris --  Golden Boy / Lionel Archille --  V. The Me Inside of Me --  Heroes and Saviors Need Not Apply / Donnell Butler --  Discoveries / Charles Guerrero --  Staking My Claim / Francine Chew --  VI. Navigating the Identity Rapids --  Chasing the Dream / Jamaal Lesane --  The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side / Pang Lee --  Reflections on the Life of a Young Ambassador / Kevin L. Stroman --  The Party / Karen Young --  The Inner Work of Carving a Self / Sarah Sayeed --  VII. Prep for Life --  "Get on the Bus with a Dog on Its Side" / Priscilla Aquino --  Telling the Truth / Stacey Irizarry --  A Moral Compass / Diahann Billings-Burford --  VIII. Journeys --  Making Pilgrimage to Myself / Lorelei September Williams --  A Long Way from St. Ann's Bay / Kevin Johnson --  The Journey of a Thousand Miles / Janice Cruz-Rowe --  A Life Worth Living / Kevin Otero --  IX. Making a Difference --  Julio and I / Yahonnes Cleary --  Why Is It Okay to Kill Cockroaches but Not Minks? / Manuela Arciniegas --  Three Moments in the Life / Kristen Clarke --  Interventions with Power / Anthony E. Wright --  In the Words of Young Children --  Speech Delivered at Commencement / Damali Driskell --  Speech Delivered at Commencement / Joanne Caceres --  Submission to the Be the Dream Essay Contest: "Breaking Down a Wall" / Grace Jiang --  History, Mission & Philosophy of Prep for Prep / Gary Simons. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1565124162 1565124170 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003475313 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Prep for Prep (Program)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational equalization--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.<br/>College preparation programs--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.<br/>Children of minorities--Education (Secondary)--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.<br/>High school graduates--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Primera Jornada de Catalogación.<br/>Igualdad en la educación.<br/>Igualdad en la educación--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC 213.23  / B365 2003