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Archive for October, 2009

“Make Retaliation Into A Movie” – Ka’Ron from Amityville says.

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Hello everyone. Much love to Ka’Ron in Amityville!!!
You know I love the young people who read my books. So, I wanted to let you know that Ka’Ron,15, from Amityville, NY just sent me an email. Here it is:
“I’m writing you to tell you how great your book Retaliation was. That was the best bok I [...]

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Why are we still rockin sagging pants?: An Inmate Tells The Story On Video

Friday, October 30th, 2009

A colleague of mine, Mwaalkebu-Ian Akil, recently shared the video below with me. It was so good that I had to share it with you. You probably have heard that Morehouse University recently implemented a new dress code that bans among other things, sagging pants. So I wanted to write this post that details the [...]

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Gang Rape Watchers: How could you stand around and do nothing?

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

A few days ago I heard about the case in Richmond, California  in which the 15 year old girl was raped and 20 or more people stood around, watched  and did absolutely nothing. I was so disgusted by the situation that I had refused to put it on my site. I mean, some stuff is [...]

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Suicide Watch: 1 in 7 Latina teens consider suicide

Monday, October 26th, 2009

I recently came across an article on www.cnn.com that stated that there is a high rate of Latina teens contemplating suicide. Since I know my readers come from all backgrounds, I figure I’d share parts of the story. According to the CDC, 1 in 7 Latina teens consider suicide. A psychologist that was interviewed in [...]

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Do You Know Her?: NYC Police need help with this amenisiac teen

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Update: 10/25/2009 – 5pm – EST – Good news: The girl above has been identified.
According to People.com, there is a girl who doesn’t know who she is walking the streets of NYC. The girl was discovered in the Times Square area of NYC about two weeks ago. She’s about 5′ 6″ and doctors believe [...]

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My Tips Help A 9 1/2 Y.O. Girl Who Was Being Bullied!

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

I was on the radio with Kim Iverson  two days ago and we were talking about bullying. In response to our radio show, a listener emailed this letter to Kim.
“Hello, This topic couldn’t have come at a better time. I’m going to run out and get the book [Retaliation] and video[Can She Be Saved?,] for [...]

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Same Old Song: Lil Wayne Headed To Prison

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Super rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapons possession charges and faces 1 year in prison. As AllHipHop.com reported yesterday, Lil Wayne is facing about a year in prison but will likely only serve 8 months. The plea stems from a 2007 incident in which police found a gun on his tour bus…
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12 year olds receive free condoms: No Condom No Way campaign

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

A couple of years ago,  when I was doing an empowerment program for Urban Underground in Milwaukee, www.urbanunderground.org they had pamphlets on the No Condom No Way campaign on site. This is an initiative where they are encouraging young people who are planning to be sexually active to INSIST on using condoms. This is a [...]

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Girl Bullying: Yasmin on the radio with Kim Iverson

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Hey there. I’m going on the radio at 7:30 EST with Kim Iverson to talk about girl bullying. The site to check for local listening or listening over the internet are www.yourtimewithkim.com

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1 in 7 Girls is Pregnant at Robeson High!

Monday, October 19th, 2009

1 in 7 High School Girls is Pregnant at Robeson High
I first saw this story on www.SandraRose.com and I had to check it out for myself. 1 in 7 girls at Robeson High School, a public high school in Chicago are pregnant. No one is attributing the number of pregnancies to some kind of pregnancy [...]

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