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#NGR

NGR stands for New Generation Rising above an era of mass incarceration and being hunted and killed on the streets of America by law enforcement officers.

We invite your comments about:

1. How these affect you and your community directly?
2. What do you suppose inner city youth do in these situations?
3. What are your realistic solution based ideas?
4. What exactly is your idea of peace in the streets?

Post question, engage each other about the state of the struggle as we plan to put your comments and questions directly into the hands of hundreds of inner city youth, and those that are already incarcerated inside America from inside the pages of the Write or Die: Zine Project.

Know someone incarcerated or without Internet access? Well, now they can send these comments directly to you, and you can post up on their behalf as they are also vulnerable and vital to our mini magazine series that we are calling NGR.

New Generation Rising

[magazine logo; two flags crossed over a circle.] Write or Die: Zine Project

[drawing of three men dressed in casual street clothing standing next to each other in a line, one hand on the other's shoulders while the other is gesturing outwards. Looks like they are singing. An extra long curl is above their sneakers.]

# This WOD-title, NGR (New Generation Rising), evolved from a 3-part series of articles written by XZYZST and first featured in #1 (under: New Generation) into a rally call, and now into a multi-media zine. Topics are introduced through written articles and interviews onto the WODZP online blog as part of an interactive discussion between viewers and to NGR through comments posted on the blog, which are then featured in this issue. NGR also features new contributing writers and is distinctively New Generation oriented with a focus on new perspectives that are engagingly articulated.