Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – I went to an amazing event recently, the Emerald City Comic-Con. I...
Author - McKenzie Andersen
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
Brazilian activist fights for Amazon rainforest
Maringá, BRAZIL – Pepyaka Krikati is an indigenous environmental activist who has been fighting to...
Cherishing what – and who – matters most at Christmas
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – Big holidays like Christmas offer their own set of challenges to the...
‘The Swimmers’ dives deep into the dangers faced by...
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – One of the hardest things to get right in movies based on a true story is...
Remembering Lois Carter, whose U.S. Supreme Court case gave me a...
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – Lois Carter, a plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court disability...
‘The world is not made for me’ Disabled youth face...
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – You would think that time has advanced and society should be more...
Albany, Oregon: family fun and a beautiful historic carousel
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – My hometown of Albany, Oregon, is a place full of history, fun things for...
Mahsa Amini should not have died
Albany, OREGON , USA — Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman died last week after being taken...