I Am Not A Number

The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) is a youth-led, intergenerational organization fighting to end direct file (the practice of automatically prosecuting young people in adult court) and youth incarceration as a whole. YASP believes in a holistic approach towards abolition and recognizes the importance of creative expression in imagining transformative responses to harm and violence.

I Am Not A Number catalogs work by 42 artists created through visual art and writing programs facilitated by YASP in Philadelphia's adult jails from 2006-2023. The culmination is 220 pages of honest, powerful, challenging and inspiring works by 42 artists.

The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) is a youth-led, intergenerational organization fighting to end direct file (the practice of automatically prosecuting young people in adult court) and youth incarceration as a whole. YASP believes in a holistic approach towards abolition and recognizes the importance of creative expression in imagining transformative responses to harm and violence.

*Writers and Artists featured in I Am Not A Number, in alphabetical order:

Kendall Anderson
Zachary Banks
William Bentley
Jetson Cruz
Prince Davis
Julian Dent
Tyquail Duffy
Azzim Dukes
Malik Dunmore
Joshua Glenn
Sean Gordine
Karim Grant
Karonn Greenwood
David Harrington
Thomas Harrington
Antonio Inostroza
Quamire Johnson
Vanesha Langley
My Le
Nasir Mcnamee
Jonathan Melendez
Tot Metz
Everett Munroe
Malik Parker
Andrea Powell
Ramir Raison
David Ramirez
Zaphir Reddy
Myleidi Rodriguez
Victor Saez
Kaleem Shelton
Brandon Smith
Ramon Smith
Tarell Spencer
Kinta Stanton
John Tarpeh
Francis Togba
Joshua Watson
Nabria Watson
Lamar Williams
Terrance "TA" Williams
Munir Young