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Celebrating our Free Minds Apprentices
Two Free Minds Reentry Support members (former Book Club members who are now home from prison), Anthony and Delonte, have just completed the Free Minds Job Readiness Apprenticeship.
Read More“Show Me a Better Way”
On March 31, Free Minds and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation hosted the second annual poetry reading and community dialogue at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in DC. The…
Read MoreHill Harper Visits Book Club
In November, author, activist, and actor (CSI and Covert Affairs) Hill Harper visited the juvenile unit at the DC Jail to talk with Book Club members about his most recent…
Read More“On the Same Page Reaches Many Audiences”
Free Minds’ “On the Same Page” outreach program visited both Cesar Chavez Public Policy High School and Center City Public Charter School in Spring 2013. At Cesar Chavez, Poet Ambassadors…
Read MoreFree Minds Branches Out!
In April, Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop assumed programming duties for The Beat Within writing workshop at New Beginnings Youth Development Center, DC’s Juvenile Detention Facility. The Beat…
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