Literary Journal Released!
Free Minds is thrilled to announce the release of “They Call Me 299-359: Writings by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds Book Club &Writing Workshop,”…
Free Minds Inspires with Screening of the Interrupters
Free Minds was honored to partner with the Benevolent Media Festival and American University’s Center for Social Media to host a screening of the powerful…
Free Minds Hosts First “Write Night”
Article contributed by Free Minds Volunteer Jaclyn Zubrzycki As part of a new effort begun this summer, Free Minds is now hosting volunteer Write Nights,…
Free Minds Launches Virtual Book Club
We are excited to announce Books Across the Miles (BAM!), a new initiative funded with a generous grant from the National Society Daughters of the…
Unlikely Brothers Author Michael Mattocks calls Book Club “One of my most powerful experiences”
Unlikely Brothers tells the story of two very different men, their lives, and the revelations brought by a twenty-five year friendship. Mattocks’ story is one that…
Runaway Bestsellers
Free Minds’ Love of Books Extends Even to the Finish Line
Author George Pelecanos Visits Book Club
On a recent Thursday afternoon, the Free Minds Book Club was thrilled to host a visit from best-selling crime writer, George Pelecanos. The young book…
Free Minds Poets Present at Conference: “Understanding and Responding to Violence”
On November 9, 2010, nearly 400 District court judges, prosecutors, court personnel, and community leaders gathered at the Washington Convention Center to examine issues of…
Former Sudanese Child Soldier visits Free Minds
Read about it at The Washington Post! On October 4th, international hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal visited Free Minds members in the DC Jail as our…
Best-selling Author Jonathan Franzen Visits Book Club at DC Jail
Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen visited the DC Jail last month for a special Book Club session with the Free Minds members as part of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s…
Etan Thomas Leads Series of Writing Workshops
“They brought a tall man to my cell!” one Free Minds member told his mother on the phone, so excited he momentarily forgot the name…
The Community Hears Free Minds Poets! Hear Us Out! 2009
Nearly 500 people came to downtown Washington, DC to hear the words of incarcerated youth at the 6th Annual Free Minds Poetry Reading. The 6th…
Free Minds Raises New Friends
Supporters old and new gathered at the elegant Marvin Bar and Bistro in Northwest DC on March 25th, to learn more about the work of…
Local Author Visits Free Minds Book Club
On Friday, February 27, 2009, guest author DaWayne Williams came to speak to the incarcerated youth of the Free Minds Book Club. The author of…
The Community Hears Free Minds Poets! Hear Us Out! 2009
Nearly 500 people came to downtown Washington, DC to hear the words of incarcerated youth at the 6th Annual Free Minds Poetry Reading. The 6th…
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