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Allied Media Conference Stories

For four days at the Allied Media Conference at Wayne State University in Detroit, Thousand Kites brought together a coalition of national leaders from urban and rural community organizing and media organizations to link their innovation and needs into a national grassroots communication platform.

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Kites Team posted on 29 Jun 10 at 2:22 pm  ·  0 comments

Virgin Island prisoners who won’t cut hair held in isolation in Virginia State prisons

In the early part of this decade, a prisoner named Bradley Maxwell got into trouble for refusing a haircut. He was serving time at the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia. He had been convicted of a separate transgression back in his home in the Virgin Islands but was nevertheless shipped to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, in the United States.

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Nick posted on 22 May 10 at 4:15 am  ·  2 comments