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Fourth Annual Festival

Lean on Me

01:46 min
Youth Digital Story
Director: Harold Clinton
Producer: The Center for Reflective Community Practice at MIT and Creative Narrations

Winner of the Youth Digital Story Award
Sponsored by The Waitt Family Foundation

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Harold Lee Clinton III, Writer/Director/Editor

Harold was born September 2, 1990, and currently resides in Springfield, Massachusetts. He has two sisters and one brother. He is a 13-year old honor student in the eighth grade at the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was inducted into the National Achievers Society in 2003. Harold is a member of “Voices of Today,” a singing chorus founded and directed by the renowned Jane Sapp. This chorus performs throughout the New England area. In March of 2003 Harold performed with “Voices of Today” in Montgomery, Alabama, during the time of the annual historical reenactment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s march from Selma to Montgomery. Harold is a member of and attends the St. John’s Congregational Church in Springfield, Massachusetts where he is a member of the Usher Ministry and participates in the teen’s ministry C.H.E.S.S. In August of 2000, Harold had the privilege of touring the Holy Land of Israel and Egypt. Harold enjoys karate and also likes basketball, baseball and football. His favorite pastime is writing plays and has wanted to be a playwright since the fifth grade. Although he still writes plays, he is now also interested in becoming a police officer or Navy Seal and a movie director.