Empowering young inmates to write new chapters in their lives.
By MS
Isolated behind the walls of a unorthodox jungle
Living with a vengeance because so many people turn their back on you
Never giving up because that’s what it’s designed to make you do
A convict’s mentality is the only way to make it through
Tryna stay peaceful, but these suckaz make that
hard to do
So, I just keep a Free Mind because that’s what Tara and Kelli motivate me to do
*Immured: (verb) to enclose within walls; confine.
February 26, 2020, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
LOCATION CHANGE: Montgomery College Student Services Center
7625 Fenton Street
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Nearest Metro: Silver Spring or Takoma
Bus: 70/79
March 25, 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037
Entrance is on 24th Street
Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU
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.
United Way of the National Capital Area (UWNCA) #9633
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) # 75998
1816 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
