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FOREWORD by Congresswoman Barbara Lee Our criminal justice system has worked to the detriment of many - especially minority youth sentenced to inordinately long terms, often for relatively minor crimes. For mistakes made early in their lives, our young people too often serve life-long punishments, limited by the record they carry with them. With these reduced opportunities come added burdens - barriers to housing, employment, education and com...

A Book Review by Brian Grossman, PhDRosemary Jenkins-activist, journalist, teacher-has written a masterpiece! In Juvenile Offenders, you will hear directly from those incarcerated souls who have been able to change their lives while still incarcerated. She has written a book that will inspire you. Your own views on justice issues will be unalterably changed. There is much each of us can do. If we as a Society can provide viable alternatives fo...

THE SOUTHERN PHOENIX was born out of the Black experience in America during the mid-1900s. It is an intense story reflecting the lives of very real people. Throughout this historical fiction novel, the reader is introduced to events such as the sit-ins down South, the 1965 riots in Watts, fair housing issues, and scenes--poignant, joyous, riveting, and sad-- portraying daily life for families of all stripes. In the beginning, we meet the main ...

Excerpt from Tower Echoes, 1958: State Teachers College at TowsonThis is a chronicle, a chronicle by and of the Class of 1958 - and of a good bit more: of the college at which you have spent four of the best years of your life. Since it is a chronicle, it is a history, since it is a book, it is something perma nent.As a chronicle, this book is a definite part of the record of an institution, as a document, it will someday be used as a referenc...

Excerpt from Tower Echoes, 1958: State Teachers College at TowsonThis is a chronicle, a chronicle by and of the Class of 1958 - and of a good bit more: of the college at which you have spent four of the best years of your life. Since it is a chronicle, it is a history, since it is a book, it is something perma nent.As a chronicle, this book is a definite part of the record of an institution, as a document, it will someday be used as a referenc...

Throughout Ms. Jenkins' career as a teacher--when she has observed "freshmen" teachers and especially when she remembers her own experiences starting out in the profession--she has been acutely aware of just how frightening it can be to step into the classroom for the first time without the confidence and self-assurance that are requisite for success.It is, in part, because of this that she has put together VIGNETTES FOR UNDERSTAND1NG LITERARY...

Leticia in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems represents the pinnacle of Ms. Jenkins'' writing career. Within you will find a poem for just about everyone''s interests: For anyone who has a pet, you will love Farfel and Barney''s Poem based upon the lives of her own dogs. If you have tender memories of your grandparents, try Flashback and Down a Quiet Street. For those who recognize injustice in the world, Jacob''s Brother should fill the bill....

Leticia in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems represents the pinnacle of Ms. Jenkins'' writing career. Within you will find a poem for just about everyone''s interests: For anyone who has a pet, you will love Farfel and Barney''s Poem based upon the lives of her own dogs. If you have tender memories of your grandparents, try Flashback and Down a Quiet Street. For those who recognize injustice in the world, Jacob''s Brother should fill the bill....

Having taught English in middle and high school, extension and occupational school for over thirty years, I have witnessed an unfortunate downward trend in the quality of grammar books and supplementary texts, Despite the fact that SAT's and other proficiency assessments continue to require knowledge of higher level skills and similarly of many of the fine points of language, these other books (as they once did) do not address those areas of s...

Life is not short of ways to tell you are ordinary and aren't special in this big world, making you feel rejected, alone and insignificant in every possible way. However, one who doesn't believe you lack worth is the one who created you personally, from your hair color to your height to how long you are to occupy the planet. He is God Almighty, and He has deemed you ready to be given a specific purpose within His great plan for life. What is t...

Life is not short of ways to tell you are ordinary and aren't special in this big world, making you feel rejected, alone and insignificant in every possible way. However, one who doesn't believe you lack worth is the one who created you personally, from your hair color to your height to how long you are to occupy the planet. He is God Almighty, and He has deemed you ready to be given a specific purpose within His great plan for life. What is t...

The second edition of this successful text is an essential and accessible guide to legal aspects of midwifery for all midwife supervisors, midwives, and midwifery students. Midwives will find this book provides them with the knowledge and understanding they require to make sense of the legal principles that affect their day-to-day work and allay their anxieties, encouraging them to extend and develop their practice safely and with confidence. ...