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Students in Karen Cunningham's Introduction to Conflict Management classes and Nonviolence: Theory and Practice class wrote essays this Fall semester for consideration in the YES! Magazine Fall 2014 Essay contest.

A portion of Ray Stovall’s essay (written for Nonviolence: Theory & Practice) was selected as a “Literary Gem” — and here it is …

I know that being different is a gift. If you focus on cultivating that gift, you can be the best at anything you choose.

—Ray Stovall, ������, Kent, OH