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Children. and i want to get, because i think these stories are compelling, fascinating and interesting to our viewers, tell us about vivienne nixon. i m glad you asked me about vivienne. because vivienne is right here in our back yard in new york. she grew up on long oh land and she went to college and she came from a family of very modest means. after college she spiralled down, got involved with drugs, even after she was cleaned up. she was arrested for something she had done when she was on drugs and sent to jail. while in jail, she said, my god, how lucky at i. look at women who never learned how to read and write. never had an education. she taught them how to read, she got out of jail and she is currently the executive director of a program in the bronx that helps formerly incarcerated women get college agrees and jobs. fascinating stuff. the forward of this book was ....

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