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Free Minds Members Spring Forward

This spring has marked a season of continued success as 2023 comes around in full swing. Free Minds members are out and about at job fairs, rallies, and reentry trainings,…

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Featured Poem

Flight

The noise is deafening.
My heart pounding in my chest,
Louder than the sound of the plane’s engines.
Excitement, anxiety, longing is excruciating.
People all around me: so close, yet so far.
A sound came and added the excruciating wait
Announcing, “We will shortly depart. Fasten in your seat.”
This flight is not just my freedom flight.
This flight has taken me home.

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