Dear Chelsea, I was the little kid from the 4th grade who asked you a question. “How often do you see confederate flag and how does it make you feel?” I was surprised when you told us that you see the confederate flag a lot, I thought you were going to say you didn’t see it often.   I don’t want to say the “hate” word, so I’ll say this…I really really really really really really really really really dislike Trump.

Thank you for coming to visit our school.  You made a big impact on our lives, especially mine.  You really showed that anyone can do anything.  It was very nice seeing you!

GO HILLARY!!! And Chelsea!!! Sincerely, Sam April 5th, 2017   Dear Chelsea Clinton, Thank you for coming to Middle School Meeting! My name is Margot Story, and though I am only a Fourth Grader, our librarian advocated for the Fourth Grade to come see you. We have studied the election, issues, and are still discussing problems that our community has after the election. I find you very inspiring, and you are one of my all time role models. You have done so much work that it just blows my mind. I thought that your stories about Celia, your friend Hailee, and those schools were just amazing. I was recently on vacation and we were doing a lot of recycling projects, we used old plastic bottles and egg cartons to make art, similar to what those high-schoolers were doing out in El Paso. There are a lot of issues still out and about, as you probably know and understand. One is global warming/climate change. I really think that because our president does not believe that this is a real problem that is happening, it needs to be addressed quicker than any other issue, and there is a pretty long list of important ones. Another issue is transgender rights. I know that a couple weeks ago our president rolled back one of President Obama’s laws protecting transgender people and their rights. I’m sure you’ve heard about the case of Gavin Grimm, and I am worried that because of the new law that people I know and love will not be protected anymore because of their identity. I’m not completely sure if this issue has been brought up quite recently, but it still is one of those issues that continuously needs to be addressed and discussed. One last issue that I have is one that you brought up, but is not very “important” in the political world. This is animal’s rights. Many animals are being slaughtered and are endangered and no one is really bringing up this issue. Well, at least not that I know of. This also brings up the topic of Celia again. She was so brave, and she put herself out there to fight for the animals. I probably could never do that. I think that maybe one way that I can address one of these issues is by writing a letter to President Trump, like you did with President Reagan back in 1985. I want to write to him and inform him that climate change is a real issue and he needs to believe that it is happening because it is. Please save our planet! Thank you again for coming to our school and talking to us about your new book, “It’s Your World.” It was such a pleasure to hear you speak. Sincerely, Margot Story   Dear Chelsea Clinton, Thank you for coming and talking to us. Our world has a lot of problems right now, but I have chosen just three that are most important to me. The first problem is climate change because scientist say we have three years to fix it until we might not be able to stop it. The second problem is immigration because of Trumps, travel ban. My third problem is racism because of all the shootings and targeting people of color or targeting white people. Something that really touched us all was when you said, “I don’t think homophobia, racism, sexism, islamophobia, nativism, are opinions. I don’t think bigotry is an opinion. There’s lots of talk sometimes about compromise, but I don’t think you compromise when someone thinks your humanity or my humanity is less. Whether it’s a flag or an insult or a policy we have to be uncompromised.” I think you are really cool and how you started off. I hope you never stop/give up. I can help stop climate change by using paper when only needed and taking shorter showers.   Sincerely Crosby     April 5, 2017   Dear Chelsea Clinton, Thank you for visiting us and telling us your life story. I have a few things that I would like to learn a little more about because I’m interested. Women’s rights, climate change, and the immigration ban are the top three things I want to know more about. I especially would like to know more about the immigration ban. One thing that I can do to help the environment is to use less electricity. My mom is a female director and she is trying to prove that she can do it too. I will try my best to prove that I can do it too. Thanks again for visiting us! Sincerely, Romy Croquet]]>

Dear Andrea Davis Pinkney, Thank you so much for coming to our classroom. You taught me a lot that I didn’t know. I thought that the book was just about standing up for people of color before we read the book. But I was wrong. This book is about standing up for all people. You made me feel like I was one of the people in the book. When you said that they poured hot coffee on African American’s backs just to get them out of their shops, I felt like I was having hot coffee poured on my back. Although I probably wouldn’t be brave enough to sit there without fighting back. I would have kicked them and then run out. I like writing. In college I want to try out being a writer too. My dad is the seventh grade teacher. He worked as an editor before he was a teacher. I love reading. Right now I’m reading Hatchet. I just finished Wringer. I LOVED Wringer. I hope that I will be as good as a writer as you. I imagine being in the time that you wrote “Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down.”  I admire the courage of the African Americans in the story but it would be a horrible time period to live through. But I have a question? What inspired you to make this book? Keep writing great books. Thank you. Sincerely, Avery Rosen]]>