“Home Is What You Make It: Poems from Quarantine”

I'm a community activist for criminal justice reform and mental health awareness, as well as a former lawyer and convicted felon who just came home in May of 2019. I'm an artist/producer (stage name = Pastor Ayu) from Washington, DC and I make what I call " Gospel Trap" music about how my faith in Jesus Christ turned my life around and got me back on track. I talk truthfully about the streets and how God's mercy can change anyone, particularly if He changed me, over hardcore trap beats. While I was still incarcerated, I led the Bible study for my unit (Southeast 3 in DC Jail) and I was in the Inmate Gospel Choir. I still do Bible study and ministry at DC Jail right now with the Phoenix Ministry at New Bethel Baptist Church. I also work with the National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens (the formerly incarcerated) throughout DC in getting people jobs and housing when they come home from prison.

My main website with all my social media links is

http://linktr.ee/pastorayu

pastorayunation@gmail.com

Instagram: @pastorayu

Twitter: @AyuPastor

TikTok: @pastorayu

Snapchat: @pastorayu

Facebook: 53CELL Productions LLC

YouTub: Pastor Ayu