BranDON

You already know my name, where I work, how old I am... I am a graduate student working towards a Masters, gonna apply it cuz I gotta keep working and continue so you can call me Dr. BranDON. ---------------------------------------------------------- I wrote a book: The Boy W/The Gun - FROM INCARCERATION TO HIGHER EDUCATION is the true story about a young man being arrested as a juvenile to serve three and a half years as an adult behind bars – strong, determined and on his own – he transforms his life from top to bottom. By understanding his past, he uses education to break himself away from a cyclical, self-defeating fate. Moving and frank, Brandon Stogsdill shows how the son of a single, depressed, addicted welfare mother can overcome life's obstacles to use his experiences to benefit others.All Rights available: [email protected]. Hit it up if you want to see it published... ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Drew Pinsky, author of CRACKED, co-host of Loveline, and host of Celebrity Rehab says, “You have written a truly important book….Thank you for sharing yourself in this way. I am still emotionally rocked by your story….I hope your book will inspire others as it has me.” ----------------------------------------------------------- I' m starting a non-profit called The R E A L Experience and it's a three-phased systematic diversion program that I hope to implement it into the Juvenile Justice System. The first phase is to have the youth assess the repercussions of their actions. We'll bring youth into trauma centers, prisons, rehabs, morgues, etc. The youth can hopefully build empathy for victims of violence, relate with inmates, witness excruciating withdraws from drugs and alcohol, etc. The facilities are real, they exist primarily on the basis of people's preventable mistakes, and all we do is present them for the youth to come to their own conclusions. ----------------------------------------------------------- After that I'm working on a SWADS Extreme Sports Connection. We'll retail the top of the line snowboards, BMX, surf boards, wakeboards, skate boards, etc. And for whatever we retail you can ride in the store, whether it's skating or wakeboarding... ----------------------------------------------------------- If you didn't figure it out, I'm a square.