The Beat Within

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

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@erikvillegas thanks for the follow!

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Victor M. Rios: Sociologist Returns to the Mean Streets of His Youth http://t.co/UtZFJ4I

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#FF @DaleTafoya @longdrivesouth @BabaBrinkman @NewAmericaMedia @youthradio

[Bishy Belichick @Desbishop55]

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

[Bishy Belichick @Desbishop55]

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

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

[Ella Baker Center @ellabakercenter]

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

[The CSU @calstate]

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

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The price of standing up for your beliefs: East Bay Professor Arrested in Nigeria http://t.co/MJcPa5V via @thebaycitizen

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

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How Do We Break the Pattern of Poor Teaching for Poor Children? http://t.co/pvDapok (@GOOD stuff)

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

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@erikvillegas thanks for the Friday Follow!

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

[Terrace Martin @terracemartin]

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]

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"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

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

[Josh Kun @JDKun]

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

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