Each time I visit, I leave thoroughly impressed by these young men. The Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop has opened up the minds and hearts of a lot of these guys. Here, writing is used as a tool for them to express and heal themselves and that is extremely beneficial to their future.
– Etan Thomas, former Washington Wizards player and author of More Than An Athlete
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop builds community to foster personal development and systems change for justice-involved youth and adults through the literary arts, workforce development, trauma healing, peace-building, and member-led advocacy.
Free Minds serves more than 1,600 incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youths and adults each year in the DC Jail, juvenile detention center, federal prison system, and reentry.