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Graduating College While Quarantined

It was just a really big change for me.College was a lot! You hear in Alive & Free meetings that getting into adulthood is different. It’s a change and you’re finding your identity. That was something I definitely struggled with. I changed my major, I had to deal with friends and family, and being away…

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Works of Power, Truth and Protest. Spoken Word artists Prentice Powell, Javier Reyes, and Donte Clark. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aliveandfree/streetsoldiers_august_2_2020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Meet Alive & Free’s College Prep Class! We have 18 students who have learned the writing process, financial literacy, and life skills in Lady Estell & Ms. Demetra’s College Prep class and we celebrate their journey as they take their next big step in life…college! https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aliveandfree/streetsoldiers_communityjoy_july_26.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

A conversation about community violence with our guests from Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Pasadena, and Tacoma. Guests- Corey Monroe, John Henry, Rico Hamilton, Devitta Briscoe, Shalisa Hayes, Garey Thompson and Commissioner Dennis Deer. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aliveandfree/streetsoldiers_july_19_2020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Tonight’s show features young people who are standing up and making change. Armond Corshawn Lee (23), Lavonia Bobo (23), Samone Anderson (20), Melanie Gichane (17), Kimyatta Newby (17), Anastasia Wilkinson (18), and Isiah Moody (26) share with us what they are doing and why they are doing it. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aliveandfree/streetsoldiers_youngactivists_july12_2020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe:…

Virtual Career Day

Our College Prep students enjoyed Career Day as they were able to virtually meet professionals who looked like them in the creative, holistic, media and medical fields. Ms. Estell & Ms. Demetra made sure our students asked questions and “document the pearls they gave you.” Husband and wife Nehanda Truscott-Reid and Romaine Reid painted a…

What would Dr. King think about what is happening today? Guests—Clarence B. Jones-Dr. King’s personal attorney and speech writer and Omegas Bobbi Brown, Langston Reece, Armond Hervey, Masiyah Edwards, Josephine Harper and Kevin Lindsay. Join us on Facebook.com/StayAliveAndFree at 8pm PST on June 28th, 2020 to watch the discussion. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aliveandfree/streetsoldiers_aliveandfree_clarencebjones_june_28_2020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |…

Street Soldiers celebrates the joys of Fatherhood. Guests—Dr. Khalid White, Ray Upchurch, Marquex Boynton, Murrell Green and Charles Robinson. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aliveandfree/streetsoldiersradio_fathers_june_21_2020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Armond Hervey was raised in the Alive & Free family. His mom, Malorie Branch, and aunt, Evangela Brewster, are both college graduate alumni and we are happy to have him under our wing. He is on his way to Grambling State University after graduating from Hercules High School and we very excited to watch him…