ms. american pie, the american dream, one girl representing integration on your t.v.is it. >> can my black be proudly accepted will this poem be a gold medal. we have let these voices deep fry us into our own color of skin. this you call an authentic battlefield, fighting just so we can continue to fight. good job. >> i think poetry has the ability to change people. and to inspire. >> it makes me feel like what i have gone through is helping others heal. >> ashley says the life of an artist may not make her rich, but she will be happy as long as she is a voice for the voice less. >> that's a different kind of richness, it is a different kind of wealth. >> a richness that will feet her hard and her soul. al jazeera, new york. >> here is a project that reminds all of us to be kind, some self-proclaimed nerds spent the last 48 hours online collecting more than $700,000. joins us now with more on that, maria. >> well, it is called the project for awesome, a yearly fund raising event on youtube started by two brothers, here is one of them right here, and they believe that