Innocence Project As one of the Central Park Five, I was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated as a teenager for a horrible crime I did not commit. I was finally exonerated in 2002. After all these years, that experience has never left me. Even though I’m free, I can’t and I won’t forget about all the…

Officials report they fear there will be no place for some young people to go when they close or downsize Rikers Island in New York.  This is the institution that imprisoned  17 yr old Kalief Browder for approx 3 years without a trial after being accused of stealing a backpack.    All the while, community…

  Now Recruiting Youth Interns for Progress, Peace, and   Justice What? A Project to Reduce Crime and Improve Racial Equity  We are looking for youth with experiences in foster care and or the juvenile justice system who have been charged with low-level nonviolent offenses to serve as interns for social change.   Who? Males and Females…

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”

Reach high, for the stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Langston Hughes

“ “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

Another minority community, this time in East Tx, faces major public health crisis suspected from fracking/inversion well spills and operations. https://wordpress.com/view/itsaboutmorethanjustus.wordpress.com

Flint -Michigan- Should race, class, and power determine the quality of public health? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandro-galea/lessons-from-flint-its-no_b_9100654.html