Villa Duchesne Student Wins MLK Poetry Award

Allison Federer honored by SIU-E

Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School junior Allison Federer won the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance Celebration Poetry Contest sponsored by Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Her winning poem was entitled “The Dream.” Allison receives the high school poetry award on February 5 at the university’s annual MLK Humanitarian and Scholarship Awards Luncheon. THE DREAM Black, Indian, Biracial, White, coming together in a dream of the night. Has the dream become reality yet, or are stereotypes still set? Has the dream become permanent or will color stay a determinant? The dream is alive and awake ready to love and give without take. We are one nation indivisible; we are a diverse nation that is miscible. United we stand …

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