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Virtual Write Night: May 27

Free Minds is hosting our next virtual On the Same Page: Write Night, on May 27, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm EST! Click here for more information.

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Home Sweet Home, Right?

By KW

I thought after Medgar Evers, there’d be no more fear

In her home she knew she was safe!

I thought after Emmett Till, we shook up the world

In her home she knew she was safe!

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In The Press

Closure of D.C.’s Only Men’s Halfway House Leaves Residents Scrambling for a Safe Place to Live (The Appeal)

How Poetry Gave Voice to Three Men Who Grew up in Prison (Montgomery County Media)

Washington Post Magazine Special Issue on Prison, featuring personal essays by Free Minds members Demetrius and Johnny (Washington Post Magazine)

Upcoming Events

On the Same Page: Write Night

June 24, 2020, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Virtual Write Night

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On the Same Page: Write Night

July 22, 2020, 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Details To Be Announced

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The Untold Story of the Real Me: Young Voices from Prison

“The books you send show me another world and make me look forward to living a good life when I come home. You changed my way of thinking.”

– DeAngelo, Age 23