Escuela de la gente/PeopleSkooL

The African-American community suffers disproportionately from both mental health and mental health treatment.  This article is a journey through the struggle of African-American males and mental illness in Amerikkka.

            “You- are -eight-y sixed”, he unblinkingly growled through bared teeth. What is eighty sixed? I thought to myself.  The bar blurred, my pants grew moist and the rancid smell of alcohol filled my nostrils. I was on a Bar’s floor with a pool stick around my neck. Once the pool stick was taken from around my neck I instantly called the police.

You can’t stay here no more
me being homeless again at thirtyfour
my sister let me move in for four days
than secretly kicked me out the door
one morning leaving I said
“I’ll see you later sister.”
She yelled “You can’t stay here no more”
She was refused by my payee for extra $
So I had to go
Now she say I can stay days weekly
Days maybe even four
RAM

POOR Magazine the publication arts and education project was started in 1996 by an indigenous, landless mother and daughter who struggled with extreme poverty, incarceration and criminalization in the US. POOR Magazine, the organization, is a poor people led/indigenous people led non-profit, grassroots, arts organization dedicated to providing revolutionary media access, arts, education and solutions from youth, adults and elders in poverty across Pachamama.

The Metaphor Exercise is one of many creative writing exercises we use in the multi-lingual, multi-racial, multi-generational Revolutionary Journalism Class at PeopleSkool.

• Escuela De La Gente  En Racismo. Pobreza, Instituto de Justicia en los Medios

   

  2011  Invierno Horario De Clases**

  Orientacion/Registracion Martes, Jenero 25th @ 5pm

  Todas las clases se inician  Martes, Febero 1

  Rejistracion Tarde: 1^er dia de clase

• Matrícula en una escala móvil –Becas disponibles en Skolaz el Pobre 'Fondo.

PeopleSKool@ The Race, Poverty, Media Justice Institute

2011 Winter Class Schedule

All classes begin Tuesday, January 25^th

Late Registration: 1^st day of classes

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