Yes, we are living in a wonderful and most auspicious time. I know many of you may respond to this statement in a negative way. Many see the present events as proof that we are headed in a downward spiral. But we must be conscious of the fact […]
When we as people whether incarcerated or free (reflect) back on our past…whether good or bad. It should be a higher rate of good over the bad. If its not that then I beseech you to change up some things. If your situation isn’t what you want it […]
We the people… Need to stop and see just how easy it is for us to be.. We The People….. Just as we have come together to bring about change in our communities We The People can also stop the drug epidemic and bring an end to the […]
Everyone keeps saying vote that’s how you change things. Well look at what happened when we voted Obama. We still got the same problems and issues. So in one sense I agree with that, but in another I totally disagree. Your vote only counts if you got the […]
Hi there. I now have a page on change.org https://www.change.org/commutedanagray Please check it out and let me know if there is something you would want to know or for me to say. I figured my case is so public that to tell you about it now wouldn’t be […]
Peace to ALL taking the time to read these words of realness. Hopefully, they’ll spark a fire within & encourage you to come aboard & join the cause. I stand proudly as a Black man, but am so tired of everything being based solely on color. We’re currently […]
The truth is we have screamed at the top of our lungs, from the bottom of our hearts, for CHANGE. We have, peacefully, done all that we could, to draw attention to the deep rooted, pervasive and robust systematic racism that colors every part of our lives as […]
After 15 years at hard labor, I can honestly say prison molded me into this person I’d never thought in a million years I’d become.Just the things I do on a daily basis.Reading and trying to learn any and everything that I feel can benefit me moving forward […]
Many changes come about in one’s life, that are not explainable or just not understood. However, it’s our duty as soulful beings, to make justification of it all… realization. ! peace , I am Dujuan Adams DOC #395935
Change takes courage, which gives sight into the unseen, dreamers see the mountain top, and visionaries applaud King… Change takes courage one step at a time on the journey through the unknown, Change is universal so you are not alone…. To fear change is to block the beauty […]
It never seems to amaze me that a person asks for change but never works towards making those steps to archive those goals to better there lives.People that I am around use an excuse or excuses to further there failures in life.and they will debate the truth,but quickly […]
HELLO WORLD MY NAME IS RANDALL MANLEY #635000 I AM INCARCERATED IN THE OHIO PRISON SYSTEM FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND I HAVE JUST BEEN THINKING OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT I HAVE WENT THRU IN THIS TIME IV BEEN DOING . ALOT OF GUYS UNFORTUNENTLY NEVER […]
Jailhouse Lawyer Speaks, Cor.,CA. What is it about the integrity of a man, who has changed for the good, that is so god dammed threatening to those who claim to be hopeful of change? Is it the intensity of the consistency, made known by the marks of human […]
Some say people don’t change, and for some it’s true. That’s not true for everyone though. I was thinking if I could have a wish for anything I’d ask for a chance to go back to a younger age and do some things different with the knowledge I […]
Sometimes when you change it for the better.Its for a reason , you have something better in mind.You know need something for yourself.Even if you have to leave those you grew up with behind , might as well say you out grew them. Some people dont want to […]
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Change comes with effort and ambition..we have to seek,and become the change that we desire in our lives.. Breaking down the cause and effect of why we have not evolved in our lives… sometimes the change is sudden and profound…we have to not make excues,and give up on […]
For many of us change is difficult, but not impossible. We’ve been programmed since we were babies to act and think a certain way. We didn’t have a developed larynx to speak out in rebellion, so we remained silent and soaked it all in. Our first programming came […]
When i was in the streets.I had no knowledge of myself.i just didnt have proper knowledge of self and knowledge of how things really worked in this world.I was a slave to all the wrong things in life ,like money,cars,woman,etc which wasnt no good to me..Now i learned […]
Sum need it, Sum refuse it, Sum fear it, I embrace it. Change is brought about through dissatisfaction. Any person, place, or thing an individual becomes dissatisfied with he or her will change. What are you dissatisfied with? Joe A. Morris DOC #a426803
I’M CURRENTLY COFOUNDER OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TUG (The Unity Group) AND WE’RE SPONSORING A BOOK BAG DRIVE FROM PRISON FOR THE KIDS IN THE PETERSBURG AREA. We’re locked up but we’re never locked out! I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE, LOOKING AT THE MISSION INSTEAD OF THE […]
CHANGE, some people can and other’s simple will not. It can go either way, some for better and some for worse. Really, it all comes down to a personal decision. Unfortunately, I’ve already experienced my worst, and over the years I’ve worked to correct those flaws I once […]
Last night, on Billboard Music Awards, a young, beautiful Texas native got up on stage and pelted the hearts of the American people with conviction. She was refering to the recent school shootings that have devastated our nation this year. Instead of giving a call for silence in […]
CHANGE-AS we walk along the trail of life we carry a bowl and each experience we have is like a stone we pickup and put into the bowl. To change all we have to do is turn the bowl upside down and then show our light there. We […]
I went to the woods Because I wished to live deliberately, To front only the essential facts of life, And see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, When I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish […]
By one god Things I know that haven’t changed, untold secrets and dirty games and simply said, you feel ashamed about things you put and place the blame…. Things I know that haven’t changed like when a baby is born without a name and though he’s safe he […]
Real change comes only when you are completely and thoroughly disgusted with youre actions and the consequences that they produce. -Shaka Senghor : Writing my wrongs “We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the […]
This country is founded on a declaration of protected rights written in the U.S. Constitution. What our forefathers never imagined is the pariah that’s infiltrated every orifice of political office in this country. Lobbyists have forever altered the political landscape. The only way to reestablish harmony with the […]
Age 18 taken off the sreets, abusing drugs because of the things that happened to me. One pill, two pills, three pills out of this world only to come back no longer free. I take responsibility for what I’ve done, but does that mean it was meant? I […]
I am compelled to depict the hypocrisy that permeates society, the injustices of the criminal justice system and the need for penal reform. The misperceptions of those incarcerated are incalculable. The fact is, inside the barb wired fencing of prison you’ll find every kind of humanity. Albeit on […]
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