{"id":23278,"date":"2025-07-29T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=23278"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T23:46:37","slug":"what-happens-when-you-hand-a-pen-to-a-young-storyteller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/07\/29\/what-happens-when-you-hand-a-pen-to-a-young-storyteller\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When You Hand a Pen to a Young Storyteller?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Luis Chac\u00f3n, Coordinador del Ministerio de J\u00f3venes<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Los Angeles, California)<\/strong> – Last Thursday, July 24, something remarkable happened at the Centro Juvenil de la Familia Salesiana<\/strong> in Boyle Heights. We celebrated the release of not one, but two books written entirely by students from Roosevelt High School<\/strong> y Bravo High School<\/strong>\u2014a milestone that represents months of effort, courage, and vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since December, I\u2019ve had the privilege of walking alongside these young authors through every step of this journey. Together, we explored not just writing techniques, but storytelling as a way of discovering who they are and who they want to become. What began as an idea turned into two powerful publications\u2014one from each school\u2014that reflect their hearts, their struggles, and their dreams.

The stories within these books go far beyond words on a page. Students wrote about their personal histories, their hopes for the future, and their reflections on the Hispanic Leadership Conference in Chicago<\/strong>, a trip that became a turning point for many of them. They tackled themes like resilience, identity, and what it means to prepare for opportunities that once felt out of reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was made possible through SHOUT<\/strong>, the Salesian Family Youth Center\u2019s journalism and leadership program at both public schools. SHOUT gives students the tools to articulate their stories\u2014their vision<\/em>\u2014and, in doing so, discover the power they hold within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On release day, the center was filled with family members, educators, and community members who came to celebrate and support these young writers. Watching them sign copies of their own books\u2014often in disbelief that they had achieved such a thing\u2014was a powerful reminder of what\u2019s possible when young people are given guidance, mentorship, and trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One student summed it up perfectly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI never thought someone like me could write a book\u2026 now I\u2019m thinking about what else I can do.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the heart of this project. These books aren\u2019t just pages\u2014they\u2019re proof. Proof that when young people are given the chance to create, they also begin to believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s my invitation to you:<\/strong> come visit us at the Salesian Family Youth Center and learn more about programs like SHOUT that turn potential into power. Your support\u2014whether through mentorship, resources, or simply spreading the word\u2014helps us continue giving pens (and possibilities) to young storytellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because when you hand a pen to a young storyteller, you never know how far their story will go.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Luis Chacon, Coordinator of Youth Ministry (Los Angeles, California) – Last Thursday, July 24, something remarkable happened at the Salesian Family Youth Center in Boyle Heights. We celebrated the release of not one, but two books written entirely by students from Roosevelt High School and Bravo High School\u2014a milestone that represents months of effort, courage, and vision. Since December, I\u2019ve had the privilege of … Continuar leyendo What Happens When You Hand a Pen to a Young Storyteller?<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":23320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20310044,768720529],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-23278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-news","category-salesian-clubs-youth-centers","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_3048.jpeg?fit=3266%2C2016&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-63s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23278"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23395,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23278\/revisions\/23395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}