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To Be My Heart and Soul

By EH

My daughter Mersedez is my heart and soul
because when she’s sad, I’m sad
When she’s mad, I’m mad
When she’s sick, I’m sicker
When she’s thinking about me,
I feel it when she has something on her mind to tell me
I can feel it and when she gets hurt, I feel it...

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In The Press

Free Minds’ Write Nights Connect Incarcerated DC Residents to Community (The Northwest Courier)

At this D.C. jail, a book club offers a safe space (PBS NewsHour)

I Thought I Knew My Father, Then I Met Him in Prison (The Marshall Project, Essay by Free Minds Member Sergio)

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On the Same Page: Write Night

October 23, 2019, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Ave NW
Washington, DC 20037

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On the Same Page: Write Night

November 20, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
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276 Carroll Street NW
Washington, DC 20012
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