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PUBLISHER’S WORD IS BOND P ower concedes nothing without a demand. If we can get to it, we can get through it. Tough times don’t last long but tough people do. Real people do real things. Many shall come but the chosen are few. These are wise sayings, anecdotes and/or positive acclamations that you tell someone in prison in an attempt to help them get through a rough patch, day, moment or situation that is seeming to challenge their ability to cope with prison life or life in general. Whether one is incarcerated or not, life still happens to all of us. In prison however; it’s more difficult to escape whatever issue may be testing your personal power. There is no escaping ourselves, especially when we are locked in a cell. However; The way this world works; is miraculously whenever we are faced with a crisis or so-called problem. Right within the very thing that is giving us issues, usually lies the (seed) remedy. I am not a civilian writing this from the sidewalk. I’m writing this from the perspective of someone like yourself, who’s been locked up several times and is using this moment to connect with you sitting in that cell, cube or cot. From a position of contemplation and reflection. Doing a bid isn’t easy, by far. Especially if you value your life and have family and friends that you love as well. That only compounds your pain. However; If you can get to it, you can get through it. When we get into a situation, regardless of how we may feel, the worse is usually upon us and the thing that stops us from mastering It; is our acceptance of our situation. Even the darkest of situations provides us with insight, because in the darkness of the soil is where the seeds grow. Power concedes nothing without a demand. Power comes to us as the result of an action or thought.
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You develop a stronger chest as a result of doing chest exercises. That’s in the physical world. In the immaterial world this power comes to us when, we go deep into the causes of what landed us in our situation(s). Which only comes from reflection and introspection, and this is a personal journey. One that we all must take alone. As a result, of our choices in this life, we can only be where we need to be in the moment that we are there. The universe makes no exceptions. One can either accept or reject this. This acceptance or rejection is connected to ones’ sanity, when we live in an illusion, it robs us of our personal power. When we accept whatever reality our choices have brought upon us, we increase our power. Power is directly connected to truth. In this issue We are bringing you the truth of those men and women who has been there. By reading their stories you can find similarities to your situation, wherein you can find some remedy to a situation you previously thought to be hopeless. Peace!
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version of the show. Now starting its 4th TV season on FOX 5, “Street Soldiers” can claim many firsts, including the first TV Town Hall on Rikers Island with Fat Joe, inmates and correction officers all speaking out on reform measures, ending recidivism, and education. Lisa and her team are currently trying to get clearance to bring “Street Soldiers” inside a NY State Prison and hold a town hall as they did on Rikers Island with Fat Joe.
by Lisa Evers, FOX 5 News Reporter and Host of HOT 97/FOX5NYʼs “Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers”
“Street Soldiers’” investigations and town halls, as well as Lisa’s ongoing reports on the disastrous conditions in NYCHA Housing - no heat or hot water, mold, rats, and disrepair - played a pivotal role in exposing the scandal that was affecting hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers. NYCHA is now under a federal consent decree and ongoing investigation by the US Attorney SDNY.
isa Evers is the multiple Emmy-nominated and multi-award-winning host of FOX5NY & HOT 97’s “Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers.” The HOT 97 show airs and streams live at 6 a.m. on Sunday mornings on HOT 97, and across multiple digital platforms including iTunes, Soundcloud, and lisaevers.com. It has been a sounding board for Hip Hop, a voice for the voiceless on the streets, and a forum on key issues - like criminal justice, substance abuse, and gangs - in our urban communities for 25 years.
Many Hip Hop artists have appeared on Street Soldiers, including Prodigy (RIP), Maino, and Cardi B. You can see “Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers” every Friday night at 10:30 p.m. on FOX 5 in New York City and the TriState, and live stream nationally on fox5ny.com and the free FOX 5 NY app, Episodes are available on FOX5NY YouTube when you type “Street Soldiers Lisa Evers” in the search.
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