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The Beat Within

@thebeatwithin

A weekly national publication of writings and art by young people in the juvenile justice system.

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Sad to see young men in there. It's just wrong because most of them R good kids just products of their circumstance. Count ur blessings yall


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My parents & I just spoke at the Alameda county juvenile detention center. Hope to have inspired some. Was inspired myself by Cooley M poem


special thanks to @Desbishop55 and his wonderful family for their inspiring visit to AlaCo Juvenile Hall. A great day for the young people!


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NEWS: Young Prisoners in 24 Hr Confinement, Classes in Closets http://bit.ly/jmkF0W (Via @ TreyBundy @TheBayCitizen)

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Issue 16.20/21 now up for grabs (and for free!) at our website: http://bit.ly/4ypaoM


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RT @CSUEBnews Our thoughts are w/ CSUEB Profs Ugbah & Evuleocha. Ugbah will stay in Nigeria to contest election results http://ow.ly/52XW8


The price of standing up for your beliefs: East Bay Professor Arrested in Nigeria baycitizen.org/international/… via @thebaycitizen


Must Listen: @youthradio 's Peabody award sinning 6-month investigation into child sex trafficking http://bit.ly/e57cow


How Do We Break the Pattern of Poor Teaching for Poor Children? su.pr/29YFE6 (@GOOD stuff)


Amen RT @ellabakercenter Books not bars says close prisons not schools. http://twitpic.com/4vy814


special thanks to Chief David Muhammad for inspiring our young writers at the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center!


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RT IF ANY ONE KNOWS A KID IN LA THATS A SERIOUS YOUNG SAX PLAYER BUT CANT AFFORD A SAX OF THEIR OWN GET AT ME [email protected]


"East 14th is where lost souls roam/Girls and women act like its home" Don't miss "The Street", p. 16 of our new issue http://bit.ly/bVDbbY


deep @insidebayarea Oakland woman and friends shell out $76,000 to sing a protest song at Obama breakfast http://bit.ly/eoHKkW @Josh_Richman


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how fitting that same company that made Mafia Wars is making Frontierville


Another terrific piece by @KALWinormant: How a California prison became the tear gas capital of America http://bit.ly/gFqy1X


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I will be doing a reading of my new book "Block Reportin'", this Sat. at Marcus Books in SF, at 4pm. Come thru.....


Double issue 16.12/13 is now available for download (free as always) on our site! www.thebeatwithin.org


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