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I wish I could  tattoo HoSQ on my back to say, “HoSQ Got My Back!”

 

Dearest and Beloved Diane and Juan, and the entire HoSQ Team,

This may sound pretty pretty corny, but you were indeed born to give wings to those of us incarcerated, guilty or not, to continue our fight, our plea to correct the injustices of our system — the court’s wrongs, along with the wrongs of society, with, yes, the hopes of turning heads and hearts towards the rehabilitation of the reconstructed for second chances.

Humans of San Quentin, you were born to give us the strength, born to shower us with a heart, a love and will to push forward because you have our back. Because of you, we are never alone. I wish I could  tattoo HoSQ on my back to say, “HoSQ Got My Back!”

A diverse group of musicians, including a woman playing a cello, a man with an acoustic guitar, and a young person with a violin, posing together in a room.
A person plays a cello in a black and white photograph.
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Every piece comes from someone serving a sentence. Every piece reminds you they are so much more than that.

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