Writing three decades later, Jodi provides an outline for the story articulated in her journals. Her foreword provides context and commentary that complement her journal entries, offering a broader explanation of her journey to self-actualization as told through her diary entries. Her handwritten revisions illustrate her natural eloquence as a writer as she details her story with the same poetic narrative as in her journals.
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Jodi’s Foreword
Date: 2002
Citation:
Jodi Mae Mitchell, book foreword with edits, in author’s possession, 2002.
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1. Crash Pads and Crackdowns: Rhythms of Life on the Ave
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Free Church Crashes
–c. 1969–The broader specs on the Berkeley Free Church 'crash pad' program, which housed over 7000 people in its first year
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A Dancing Circle at Night
–c. 1970–A magical moment on Telegraph, captured serendipitously by photographer Nacio Jan Brown
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Crash Pad Procedures
–c. 1970–Berkeley Free Church's careful in-house instructions for the popular crash pad program
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Police Begin Crackdown on City’s Summer Runaways
–7/17/1970–Many young people were rounded up within five minutes of arriving in Berkeley
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Runaway Crackdown Continues
–7/18/1970–Police rousted 175 runaway teens to push them out of town — and found a telling postcard in one raid
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Runaway Roundup—For Revenge?
–7/24/1970–The Barb punched back against police roundups of runaways
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‘Heroin Emergency Life Project’
–2/5/1971–A sign of changing times on the Ave: a new drug treatment project for those ensnared by hard drugs
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Down and Out in Berkeley
–5/1974–A sober 80-page study of life on the street, arguing that 'hippies' were not a large fraction of the homeless
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Foreword to Rag Theater
–1975–Thomas Farber's poetic and sharply etched portrait of life on Telegraph Ave
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2. The Journey of Jodi Mitchell, Runaway and Writer
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Runaway Crackdown Continues
–7/18/1970–Police rousted 175 runaway teens to push them out of town — and found a telling postcard in one raid
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Jodi Mitchell’s First Journal
–1970–"I do not love life, or myself yet, I am not at peace with myself yet"
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Jodi’s Second Journal
–1970-1971–"I kind of live on the outside of life. I'll take a taste of everything but never completely give myself to anything."
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Jodi’s Third Journal
–1971–"Thru understanding, patience, silence, hope, and kindness I must share and spread the love, goodness, truth, and purity of Mother Nature, of God"
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“In Which Jodi Gets Kidnapped”
–1999–Jodi Mitchell describes scuffling on the street — and the "guardian angels" who saved her
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Jodi Mitchell’s Book Proposal
–2002–A "physical on-the-road journey" and "deeply heartfelt, spiritual and philosophical awakening"
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Jodi’s Foreword
–2002–"May all roads lead you home."
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40 Years Later, Jodi Mitchell Reflects on Her Time on the Streets
–12/25/2012–"I felt myself receding, disappearing behind a veil, ...fearing I may never find my way back"
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3. The Krech Family, a Rare Example of Stability on the Ave
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The Krech Family’s Cameo in “The Graduate”
–12/22/67–Director Mike Nichols used a well-known Telegraph Avenue couple to suggest a new loosening in American culture
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The Krech Family
–c. 1968–The Krech family relaxing on a sunny afternoon
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Rachel and her Father
–c. 1968–A professor's son with his daughter on the Avenue
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Martha Krech at Caffé Mediterraneum
–c. 1970–Rachel's mother at Telegraph's most popular hangout
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Rachel Skips through People’s Park
–1970–Childhood play on Telegraph Avenue
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A Family Plays Dress-Up in the Berkeley Hills
–c. 1970–Martha Krech took her daughter and Kathy Delacour on vintage dress-up dates
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Rachel Krech with Her Dog on the Avenue
–c. 1971–A beguiling photograph of childhood play on Telegraph
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4. Kathy Delacour, a Telegraph Casualty
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Portrait of Kathy Delacour
–c. 1973–"People were just drawn to her"
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Kathy Delacour Hanging Out on the Ave
–c. 1973–At home on Telegraph
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Red Rockets
–1973–The coolest kids on the street
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Kathy Delacour’s Diary
–1979–"Wasted time.. Wasted memories"
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Kathy Delacour’s Funeral Program
–6/12/88–A life cut short on the Avenue
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5. Girlhood on the Street: Camaraderie, Self-Fashioning and Darkness
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Three Friends Outside Rag Theatre
–c. 1971–An abbreviated moment of dress-up and dreaming
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Posing in Dress
–c. 1971–Dressing up for—and beyond—the street's 'rag theater'
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Young Woman with Dog
–c. 1971–On the street, with a dog nestling at her feet
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Girl Rolling Joint
–c. 1971–A moment in the churn of Telegraph Avenue life
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Girl Plays with Cat’s Cradle
–c. 1971–Girl? Woman? "Nymphet"?
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Girl with Camera
–c. 1971–The watcher is watched
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A Troubling Smile
–c. 1971–An older man lifting up a woman's shirt, in a jumbled-up moment on the Ave
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