Wannetta's View
The Myths We Tell Our Children
By: Wannetta Hartman Published on: 12/02/2025During a week of news filled with lies amongst leaders and conservative media, I am reminded of the missing virtues from those who are role models for our children.
Awakening the Silent Voice
By: Wannetta Hartman Published on: 12/02/2025Ohio Writing Project gave me voice. I was born to speak, but as I grew up, I learned quickly to speak only when spoken to. I remember that summer of 1990 when I sat nervously in our OWP circle for the first time. I sat there in fear of sharing my writing. Despite my 38 years of life, I had not overcome my childhood shyness and the idea “never talk to strangers.”
A Call to Stand for Justice for All
By: Wannetta Hartman Published on: 10/10/2020Standing alone, Colin Kaepernick silently stepped forward. Bending on one knee, hearing the crowd roar, seeing the fans stand and boo loudly, as the flag waved a sad good-bye to a united land of the free. Lowering his head, full of names of those who have died. Wondering how does a piece of cloth that stands for liberty and justice for All, become a weapon that allows the law to fall upon a knee on a victim’s neck? A victim who cries out in pain pleads for his life and needlessly dies. Whose only crime was being a Black man in a country that refuses to see.
Forgiving Means
By: Wannetta Hartman Published on: 11/08/2020When our pastor spoke on Sunday, I heard a voice within respond to her message saying “Now, I understand.
