Update

Recently we have been working on putting together our event. We have been contacting all the various people necessary to make our event happen, such as Mary Rose and Eric Daniels. We have also been corresponding with the Beat Within, the organization that we are working with. On Thursday Cyrus and Eliana went to visit the Beat Within's office again. They met with Michael, the assistant director of the organization to figure out how possible our ideas for the event are. Michael and David (the director) agreed to lead a writing workshop at our event, and also gave us the contact information for youth who are involved with the Beat Within, who had previously been incarcerated.

At the office they also picked up copies of the latest of the Beat Within's publication, featuring poetry and other written pieces from youth in juvenile hall. These publications are currently in the foyer and available to anyone interested!

We are also going to present to the Parent's Association after our event, to spread the word about what the Beat Within does to them.

Currently we are just trying to pull together all the different pieces of our event. We are talking to people who want to participate and figuring out the last details. We are meeting with Eva to talk about our budget on Monday morning. We are hoping to continue the distribution of the Beat's publication at Lick, and we are planning to put some of our funding towards this.