STREETCHILD: An Unpaved Passage, by JUSTIN REED EARLY

United States

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"Prayers for HAITI..." JRE

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 *** BREAKING NEWS ***

JANUARY 26, 2010:

"Early appeared as part of Symposium 2010 along with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims and Jermaine Crawford of "The Wire".

 View Full Press Release 

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SUGGEST STREETCHILD FOR OPRAH's BOOK CLUB

  

VIEW JUSTIN'S DIGITAL PITCH TO OPRAH WINFREY

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MEAN-STREETS MEMORIES: National award goes to gay man for his memoir of childhood on the streets, and for advocating for others

by Yusef Najafi


 

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 RECENT CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES IN RESPONSE TO "RUNNING IN THE SHADOWS"

 

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"Hard luck memoirs have grown extra cheap in recent years, partly due to the celebration of bogus ones. Justin Reed Early's StreetChild: An Unpaved Passage is no such thing." (Huston)

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Special thank you to "StreetChild" friends; ghost writer/editor, MARILYN KENTZ and editor ANN GUNDER

 

StreetChild: An Unpaved Passage is a powerful and gripping memoir, which honestly and brutally documents the lives (and deaths) of many street children and their desperate struggles to survive.



Many of the real life characters, including the author, were featured in the powerful 1984 documentary, STREETWISE, which was nominated for an Academy Award.


StreetChild inspires hope as we follow one child into adulthood – through the criminal justice system, foster care, success and ultimate redemption.


Join the journey and become inspired as we work together to end and prevent homelessness, familial abuse and child victimization.

 

"StreetChild is triumphant!"

Todd Holland, Multiple Emmy Award winning Director

"Prepare to be forever changed..."

Larry Flick, SiriusXM Radio

 

Each year, approximately 2 million young people (the population of Manhattan) experience homelessness in America. In 2008, over 740,000 (the population of Seattle) documented contacts were made by youth outreach professionals in the United States (as per the National Alliance to End Homelessness) and of those, less than 43,000 received emergency shelter and less than 3,600 were accepted into a transitional housing program.

In New York City, it is estimated there are 7,000 homeless youth every night - there are only 72 emergency shelter beds for them. 

Homelessness is an epidemic that devastates vulnerable youth in their most crucial phases of development. 

In many large cities, 20% - 40% homeless youth identify as LGBT.

Is is estimated that 45% of the homeless population is African American.

 

Click to see STREETCHILD INTERVIEW - by Heath Daniels

 

Click to hear RADIO INTERVIEW with Kevin Taylor



 


 



 

STREETCHILD: An Unpaved Passage, by JUSTIN REED EARLY

United States