Akeila "Yung16" Tolson Interview (Poetry&Prison Project at Youth UpRising)

Akeila "Yung16" Tolson interview for the Poetry & Prison Project produced by Oakland youth reporters in the Youth UpRising Media Literacy & Production program (YU Media-LP).

For Akeila "Yung16" Tolson's poem "Imagine" please go to:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3QkqJ6145pk

"Poetry & Prison" multimedia story is an introduction to in-depth reporting about how mass incarceration affects young people growing up in Oakland. We have found that poetry can be a more creative and honest way to express some of the feelings young people have from having gone through or knowing people who have gone through the prison system.

http://www.opentosolutions.com/poetry

This multimedia story was produced by Kash Gaines and Yoram Savion and their students in the Youth UpRising Multimedia Literacy & Production program:

Akeila Tolson, Cheyenne English, Shawn Hughes and Amore Love.

This story is part of the Oakland Tribune's 2007 Homicide Report.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandh...

© YU Media-LP 2008

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[TalentedYoungster96]

i feel you akeila