Empowering incarcerated youths to write new chapters in their lives.
Free Minds uses the transformative tools of books, writing, and peacebuilding to create a community of support, assisting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youths and adults to achieve their education, career, and life goals, write new chapters in their lives, and become powerful voices for change.
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Poetry and Art as Liberation: Stories of Hope and Resilience in the Prison System
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Reentry Book Club: Fall Accomplishments from the Free Minds Family
This season we are celebrating the tenacity and mutual support of Free Minds and its members, who have made tremendous achievements despite many challenges this past year. Free Minds members…
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What I Want
I want to be free as a bird in the sky.
I want to become a published author
and pass on a book of advice to my daughter.
I want to be loved and give love
Our Impact in 2024
MEMBERS SERVED
EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION PLACEMENT RATE
POEMS WRITTEN
Recidivism rate
IN THE PRESS
