Greenbelt Live was recently contacted by Delali Norvor, a senior at Roosevelt HS writing to say that she lives in “lovely Greenbelt” and has written a book of poetry. Called National Eyes of an Urban Pariah, it’s “about a girl who is basically ‘Urban Pariah, and she is witnessing national events of gun control, Trayvon Martin, racial prejudice, gender inequality etc all in the backyard of America.”

Apart from writing, Delali created Global Heart to raise awareness on the issues of terrorism and to promote world peace and democracy, and EduHelp  to provide school supplies to the less fortunate schools.

Via email Delali wrote to tell us that she’d been writing poetry since she was in second grade but hadn’t taken it seriously until she turned 17 and a teacher named Mr. Mahoney urged her to enter that writing competition in which she won second place.  She says he didn’t just urge her to acknowledge a gift for writing but also introduced her to a “world of activism, which led to Global Heart and EduHelp.