Month: September 2015

Greetings Friends! The JJIE (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange) website, has posted another stellar piece of writing from The Beat Within.  We are thrilled to be in partnership with the JJIE which is based at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, GA.   They are the only publication/website covering juvenile justice and related issues nationally on a consistent, daily basis. Today they are running Lydia’s piece, “Windows to the Soul.” Lydia has been a valued contributor in our weekly writing workshops for the last few months. She wrote and submitted this piece from the Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall in San Jose, CA. http://jjie.org/from-the-inside-windows-to-the-soul/139745/ If you want to read

Greetings friends, We can’t keep up with the JJIE (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange) website, who is posting our pieces faster than we can send them.  We are truly honored to be in partnership with the JJIE which is based at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, GA.  They are the only publication/website covering juvenile justice and related issues nationally on a consistent, daily basis. Today they are running Darnell McGregger’s piece, “Consumed by the Gang Life.” Darnell is a first time contributor to The Beat Within. He wrote this piece from the California Men’s State Prison in San Luis Obispo, CA. He has been incarcerated since age 19

Greetings!! Over the last month we have strengthened our partnership with the JJIE (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange) based at Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, Ga..   They are the only publication/website covering juvenile justice and related issues nationally on a consistent, daily basis. Today they are running our colleague and friend, Emile DeWeaver’s piece, A Secret. This piece came out of The Beat Within’s monthly San Quentin State Prison writing workshop. http://jjie.org/a-secret/136250/ Last week they ran, Markayla’s powerful poem, My Generation.  Markayla is an outstanding contributor in our weekly writing workshops inside Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles. http://jjie.org/the-beat-within-my-generation/133988/ If you want to read other entries from The Beat

Our friends over at the JJIE (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange) have picked up and posted another thoughtful piece of writing that has come out of our weekly workshops inside juvenile hall and beyond. This latest piece, by Chapo From The Inside: Someone Always Will Have It Worse Than Me, is one of their feature stories today on their website. You can go directly to Chapo’s story http://jjie.org/from-the-inside-someone-always-will-have-it-worse-than-me/130688/ You can also see the several other pieces JJIE has featured from The Beat Within http://jjie.org/category/ideas-and-opinions/the-beat-within/ Thank you for your continued support.  We wish you a great week!