”From Stripped Identities to Unified Hearts: A Journey Through Incarceration and the Power of Love”

• Speaker's encounter with police during a night out led to arrest due to outstanding warrant for bad checks.
• Arrested and taken to a jail called Durango, subjected to dehumanizing procedures.
• Placed in a holding cell for two days, then moved to d-block with various inmates.
• Forced to choose racial identity (black, brown, white) by inmates in the jail.
• After 17 days of reflection and hardship, speaker learns the importance of unity, sees all as children of God, advocates choosing love over divisive choices in the outside world.