Support for DC's Previously Incarcerated Youth
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| Organization | Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop |
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| Region | United States |
| Website | Website |
| ProjectLeader | Tara Libert |
This project will provide DC youth recently released from prison with monthly workshops that foster new support systems, job skills, and the tools and confidence to follow a positive life path.
Challenge
Free Minds has served over 1,000 youth incarcerated as adults in the DC Jail. These young men often return to the community eager for a fresh start, but are hindered by the lack of a positive support system. Having spent their adolescence behind bars, their experience as returning citizens is marked by an absence of opportunity. Youth coming home need to practice social skills, create bonds with others, and learn the tools to make positive choices, but these options are rarely offered.
Long-Term Impact
We will nurture and sustain the trusting relationships developed in book club at the DC Jail to instill in youth the confidence needed to pursue employment and education, resulting in lower recidivism rates, stronger families, and safer communities.
References
Project Gallery
Apprenticeship graduation
Poets with a Purpose
Will working on his resume
Free Minds members doing community outreach
Lonte recieves Life Skills Certificate
FM members perform at the Our City Festival
Phil and Anthony
Getting Ready for a Poetry/Art Show
Free Minds workshop- Live on the Air!
