Erin Gruwell's story shows how one person's actions against violence can snowball into a movement for peace and tolerance.
Read the MY HERO Web page about Erin and how, through journal writing, she empowered her students to confront the violence and hatred they grappled with in their lives.
The collection of journal writings published in a book entitled, The Freedom Writer's Diary, has been made into a feature Paramount Pictures film, "Freedom Writers," released this month.
