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The Beat Within

@thebeatwithin

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

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined March 2009
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Victor M. Rios: Sociologist Returns to the Mean Streets of His Youth chronicle.com/article/A-Soci…
A Sociologist Returns to the Mean Streets of His Youth

A Sociologist Returns to the Mean Streets of His Youth

In a new book, Victor Rios describes how rogue cops and harried school officials push some young blacks and Latinos into deeper trouble.

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#FF @DaleTafoya @longdrivesouth @BabaBrinkman @NewAmericaMedia @youthradio
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Bishy Belichick@Desbishop558 Jun 2011
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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Bishy Belichick@Desbishop558 Jun 2011
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!
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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The CSU
@calstate25 May 2011
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 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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Terrace Martin@terracemartin24 Apr 2011
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
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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Josh Kun@JDKun22 Apr 2011
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
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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.....
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Double issue 16.12/13 is now available for download (free as always) on our site! www.thebeatwithin.org
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