Pressure: From FBI Fugitive to Freedom - Softcover

Wade, Mr Malik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998616702 ISBN 13: 9780998616704

Publisher: Pressure Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Pressure is Malik Wade’s compelling, brutally honest description of his descent into the underworld, his years as a FBI fugitive, his incarceration, and his ultimate redemption. Wade began dealing drugs in San Francisco’s infamous Sunnydale housing project at age 15. By 19, his network reached from the Bay Area to Washington, DC. By 22, he had made the FBI’s wanted list. By 29, he was serving a 14-year stretch in federal prison. In prison, Wade began a rigorous program of self-improvement. He would emerge from the darkness of prison a changed man. Once released, he enrolled in Stanford Law School’s Project ReMADE entrepreneurship program and began speaking about his experiences at UC Berkeley and other universities. Then in 2013, Wade founded the Scholastic Interest Group, a nonprofit dedicated to helping at-risk youth. In addition to being a gripping personal story, Pressure is also social commentary. Wade chronicles the societal forces that shaped him, and he explodes many of the myths about drug dealers, prison, and growing up in the inner city. A vivid, authentic account of the triumph of the human spirit, Pressure is a revelation with the power to open minds and change hearts.

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About the Author

Malik Wade has lived three lives. As a teenager, he was a recourceful drug dealer. As a young man, he was a fugitive from the FBI and eventually a prison inmate. As an adult, he transformed his life to become a mentor, author, entrepreneur, and the Executive Director of Scholastic Interest Group. Malik is a graduate of Stanford Law School’s Project ReMade entrepreneurship program and the author of Pressure, a book about his life. When not speaking as a youth advocate at universities, he lives in San Francisco, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pressure Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998616702
• ISBN 13: 9780998616704
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282