Youth Today
All posts tagged "IOW"
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5.3KGuest Opinion EssayInsideOUT Writers: Community, Compassion, Multitudes
The Youth Today/InsideOUT Writers series these past two years has been a critical reflection on the impact of the American justice system...
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6.7KGuest Opinion EssayParole Limited My Ability, but Community Led Me to Success
I got released from the system about five years ago now, and my life has remained a consistent hustle. When I was...
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4.1KGuest Opinion EssayOur Lives Are At Stake
I won’t let you fill me up anymore. Your hatred is toxic and time consuming You taught me to run away and...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayShooting for the Moon, Taking My Place Among the Stars
Anyone who truly knows me knows I'm not a very emotional person. They'll know I don't like expressing how I feel or...
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3.0KGuest Opinion Essay
Berkeley Bound
I remember the paralyzing fear I felt when I realized I was never going home to my father again. I would never...
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3.6KGuest Opinion EssayArt As Resilience and Another Form of Therapy
I worked at earning credits while I was inside juvenile hall, and in 2016 when I was released into placement in, I...
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1.5KFrom the BureausProgramming, Connections Help California Youth Deal With Demons of Reentry
Near a wooden “Death Row” signpost towering in an orange-lit fog, 25 young people huddled together, smiling and laughing.
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3.3KYouth VoicesAn Unspoken Voice
With the InsideOUT Writers program, I devote myself to using my voice to help others, but it wasn’t always this way. I...
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4.0KFrom the BureausInside Out Writers: An Introduction
I was 15 and already convicted. Shepherded by probation officers up and down the halls at Central prior to any official sentencing,...
