In 2010-2011, the Insight Out Project, the Mind Body Awareness Project and Stronghold Sound teamed up to produce two pilot 40-minute audio curriculum modules for youth in the California Juvenile Probation System. The impetus for the project was the general lack of culturally appropriate emotional literacy and life-skills curriculum material for this population. By employing the voices of change agents who graduated from the Insight Prison Project’s program in San Quentin State Prison, the audio modules shed light on a host of fundamental issues facing high-risk youth including gangs and loyalty, being both a “victim” and a “perpetrator” of violence, addiction and depression, and finally what mindfulness and healthy self-regulation mean in the context of street life.
Audio Modules:
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(Modules can be downloaded for free by right clicking on the audio files below the player.)
Credits:
OGs in the Mix: Antonio Stinson, Nick Rios (“Bear”) & Anonymous – all graduates of the Insight Prison Project who are now working for change in hoods around the Bay with the Insight Out Project.
Commentary: Iamani I. Ameni (MBA Project) & Anonymous (Insight Out)
Turntables, Samples & Mixing: Dub Snakkr (Stronghold Sound)
Special Thanks: Jacques Verduin (Insight Out), Vinny Ferraro (MBA Project), Chris McKenna (MBA Project)
Pilot:
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Antonio
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Anonymous
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Bear
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