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Continue ReadingMonth: May 2017
VOLUME 22.19/20
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Continue ReadingWords of Encouragement
by Michael Arreygue All of us during our lives as children, adolescents and eventually adults need some encouragement. As the individuals we are we tend to learn differently, have different perspectives and take risks on different levels. For those like myself words of encouragement were really needed in my life to ful ll my true potential in the activities that I engaged in. Always being in juvenile hall and camps as a kid I did receive a lot of encouragement to break out of my shell and try to think differently. It took a long time for me to grow,
Continue ReadingIf They Only Understood
by Sas-Shay Just when I thought my life was going to be easy! It only seems to get harder. I am just really over being in here. They think this would teach us a lesson but they don’t understand that this is a very traumatizing situation for our young minds. I understand that some of us don’t act young, or stay in a child’s place. At the same time people need to understand the life we live and the fears, struggle, and pain we go through and overcome every day by ourselves. There is nobody by our sides. They should understand
Continue ReadingNever Forget
by Harry C. Goodall I’ll never forget the rst time I saw my daughter. I knew her mother was pregnant but never knew whether she actually had the baby or not. It was a woman I met while selling drugs in another state. I was told that she left Washington and moved to Kansas. That was the end of what I knew about the pregnancy. My stay in that state ended with me coming back to California and getting a parole violation and another year in a California prison. The next time I heard of her was when my friend
Continue ReadingReal Advice
by Davante Having your freedom taken away is not a very happy feeling. In fact, you live with a feeling of hate at yourself and others if you feel they put you in here, but you are the one that had your freedom taken away. It’s not nice waking up early in the morning to sit up and see four brick walls and a bright or dim light and having no privacy whatsoever. This is not a place of happiness. This is a place of hate and sadness. These walls do close in on you and everyday someone tells you when
Continue ReadingSAVE THE DATE / A benefit for The Beat Within
Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco Featuring: Waco Brothers Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Jon Langford 7pm doors/8pm show All Ages General Admission: $25 in advance $30 day of show Limited dinner seating $100 each Sponsorship information please contact The Beat Within Buy Tickets Here
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