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Bain founded the
Blackout Arts Collective in 1997. He organized artists, activists and educators of color to create a space to organize justice movement campaigns, produce social impact-focused art, and facilitate political education workshops in public schools and prisons around the country. At its
206:, Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program, Barry J Nidorf Juvenile Hall, Central Juvenile Hall and Folsom. Bain founded the Prison Education Program at UCLA in 2015. In 2019, the program and his performances at the Kennedy Center were featured on the debut episode of
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Trinidad, Bain is the eldest of five children. His West Indian father was a calypso singer and then a soldier, and his mother of South Asian descent, served as a registered ICU nurse for over 40 years. Bain attended
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Problem Child: The Philosophy and Opinions of Bryonn Bain
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The Darkest Hour: The Impact of Isolation and Death Row
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