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Book Club

By CL

Thank you all for inviting me to a vast new world
Where one is limited only by a lack of imagination
A place where countless adventures unfurl
On a voyage to uncharted destinations...

In The Press

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

Free Minds’ Write Nights Connect Incarcerated DC Residents to Community (The Northwest Courier)

Upcoming Events

On the Same Page: Write Night

November 20, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Seekers
276 Carroll Street NW
Washington, DC 20012
Nearest Metro: Takoma

The Campaign for Youth Justice & Free Minds' Annual Card Signing

December 5, 2019, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Open Society Foundations
1730 Pennsylvania Avenue NW #700
Washington, DC 20006
Nearest Metro: Farragut West

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Now Available for Purchase from Shout Mouse Press:

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

Free Minds uses books, creative writing, and peer support to awaken incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youths and adults to their own potential. Through creative expression, job readiness training, and violence prevention outreach, these poets achieve their education and career goals, and become powerful voices for change in the community.

Winner of the 2015 Aspen Ideas Award from the Aspen Institute, the Justice Potter Stewart Award from the Council for Court Excellence, and the Library of Congress Best Practices in Literacy Award.

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