Youth Justice
The Strength of Mama: The Voices in Poverty Resist Series!
November 20th, 2012
My name is Jacqueline Mendez. I'm the first one from six. In my family we are 7 in total. I'm 28 years old. I had a really rough childhood, never got to be a child. Since I was the first I had to help my mom with my brothers and sisters, while she was at work and our dad wasn't around to help. We saw how she struggled.
LA CAN Poverty SKolars Speak Up: The Voices in Poverty Resist Series!
November 20th, 2012
TODAY: Honoring our Black and Brown Youth Ancestor Warriors on Day of the Dead.
(Espanol Debajo)
Honoring our Black and Brown Youth Warriors Taken out by Po'Lice, Racism, Gun Violence and Poverty through Spirit, Art, Poetry and Ceremony
PNN-TV- Just Say No to GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms)
A Public Emergency RYME - From TnT (mama-son due)
Get Involved:
SHUT DOWN MONSANTO MONDAY, SEPT 17th @ 6am- (Action goes all day)
Tell the Story Behind Your Tattoo - A Video Shoot Celebrating PLACAS- the new play
Tell the Story Behind your Tattoo and Star in a Video
Creators of PLACAS Throw a Party for the Initiated
Being "Raised" Right!
I can look back on my early years in and out of shelters and public housing complexes and admit..... I am alive today, not because my parents reared me for society, but because they Raised Me.
Holes in My Shoes
I remember a few months back when I had a difficult experience trying to get a pair of new shoes. My shoes were so worn down that they developed large holes on their soles. This happened during the winter and often times I would walk home in the rain and ended up with nasty wet sox on my feet. With food and other expenses I did not have enough money to buy a new pair. It was definitely a big hardship not to have enough money to travel comfortably by foot.
