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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Angelica Harris -Working With Troubled Youths-Raising a VOICE of Hope for Others
By Angelica Harris Founder Excalibur Reading Program
Rage is a horrible thing! I am Human Activist/Author and Advocate Angelica Harris. I am the survivor of domestic and sexual abuse.
A theatre and history major, I became addicted to legal amphetamines to loose weight. Due to being molested and nearly killed by my mentally ill mother, rage, anger and self doubt ballooned me horribly. Coming off the speed was hard and I sought out the illegal kind…Black Beauties and Street Reds—God only knows how I never was caught. It took a great high school teacher and his kindness to wean me off the drug Writing poetry silenced the pain, as well as acting on a show called “Dark Shadows” and Off Broadway.
Years later I was raped, I felt worthless. I married and had my own family and dealt with a seriously ill spouse and a son with special needs. I too have a daughter who thank God is not affected by disorders. I began to realize through social workers and therapists, the impact that my abusers had because I always felt inadequate as a mother, wife, and person.
During these years I began to write again, a gift lost in the mud of life, published 5 times and opened a non-for profit Excalibur Reading Program-a literacy and arts program, after my Excalibur book series. Later I wrote my memoir “Living With Rage-A Quest for Solace” my personal story. I began networking and was invited to speak to organizations, and have been interviewed on radio and television.
Through my Unicorn Project-Raven’s Hope I work for the Queens District Attorney’s Second Chance program, I mentor youth offenders and with HOUR Children youths whose parents are incarcerated. Within my center I tell them they are worth everything, and that I believe in them.
Rage is a horrible thing, but if we believe in the future of our youths, we can quell it, and give hope and healing to others to go on to higher grounds.
The only thing more powerful than rage is…..a VOICE!
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