Toward a World that Works for Everyone
In a recent reading I was giving, the man sitting opposite me muttered something about being, “told what to do.” When he said this my body sat upright in the chair, realizing that on my drive that morning, I had heard the same thing. He went on to say that as a child he and […]
DAY 7 from the Wisdom of Trauma team from Incarceration to Compassion with Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo, Fritzi Horstman, Gregory Nottage, & Vandrick Towns. This talk explores: early childhood trauma to prison the reality of life in prison creating trauma-informed prisons and communities More talks available here The movie with Dr. Gabor Maté, The […]
By Anonymous, briarpatch, September 2, 2021 https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/evidence-of-an-unjust-justice-system How would life look in our communities if prisons didn’t exist? If our communities had real opportunities instead of being boxed in both physically and mentally by government projects? If our people were uplifted, given a vision of togetherness and equality, not treated like crabs in a bucket […]
Volunteers team up with people currently held in solitary confinement to build empathy, compassion, and advocacy for a world without prisons. By Roshan Abraham, Yes Magazine, July 2, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/07/02/solitary-gardens-help-envision-world-without-prisons In a small patch of green space on Andry Street in New Orleans’ lower ninth ward, nine garden beds lie next to one another, each […]
This isn’t necessarily easy work, because vengeance can feel good, and accountability, forgiveness, and growth can be painful, but that doesn’t make the work any less worthwhile. By exploring and engaging the different choices, we open ourselves up to the possibility of a world where our so-called justice system isn’t built around the worst-case scenario. […]
To the statement that prisons provide safety, we should ask, “Safety for whom? And from what?” By Victoria Law, Yes Magazine, April 19th, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/04/19/prisons-dont-make-us-safe/ The United States now has 2.3 million people behind bars of some form or another. These are not 2.3 million isolated individuals—their imprisonment sends reverberations into their families and communities. […]
https://www.convictiondocumentary.com/ Conviction is a ‘broken society’ film, ambitious and inspired, from the inside out. With more women in prisons than ever before the film invites viewers to question the status quo, to consider a different kind of society, one that supports the most vulnerable among us. Conviction’s approach aims to collapse the ‘us’ and the […]
R/GA’s new global CMO, Ashish Prashar, explains why it’s critical for the creative industry to take the lead in dismantling the prison industrial complex. I’m one of a few formerly incarcerated people in the C-suite. I’m determined not to be the last By Ashish Prashar, Fast Company, April 2, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90621014/im-one-of-a-few-formerly-incarcerated-people-in-the-c-suite-im-determined-not-to-be-the-last When the prison door […]
The heroes journey, going within to change our without. . . Gabor Maté and Fritzi Horstman have an indepth talk wondering what the world would be like if trauma was taken into account. Fritzi’s Compassion Prison Project embraces everyone from prisoners to guards in the system with their project motto this year being, Do […]
CBS News, January 6, 2021 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inmates-fundraise-to-pay-for-student/ For the past seven years, students from the Palma School in Salinas, California have been part of a book club at an unlikely place—Soledad State Prison. Mia Mirassou and Jim Micheletti founded the book club called “Exercises In Empathy.” Micheletti told CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca that students would […]
Michael Moore Goes to Norway and Visits Halden Prison Inside Halden Prison, the Most Humane Prison in the World Halden Prison opened early in 2010 with a capacity of 252 prisoners. The prisoner cells include flat-screen televisions, designer furniture, mini-fridges, and en suite bathrooms. Half of the guards are females, and guns are not […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Thank you to Ola, who wrote in requesting a meditation for the ones locked in institutions: “I would like a collective group meditation/prayers for all those around the world who are locked up in prison or mental institutions at this challenging time for the whole human race as we collectively ascend. Thank you.” Great […]
I believe society is building up to a critical mass, a critical awakening and a common resolve. (1) Never mind the fact that the Company of Heaven has been predicting this happening; watching the various videos coming out, one can almost see the sleeping giant of society slowly arousing itself and looking around. We’re not […]
I’d like to continue to focus attention for a moment on the privatization of the American prison system. This is one of the scarier developments in the deep state’s attempts to dominate the world and reduce the population. Facts about hip-hop and prison for profit Homeboy Sandman, Raprehab.com, September 7, 2016 httpss://raprehab.com/facts-about-hip-hop-and-prison-for-profit/ The people who […]
What do we want the legal system to look like in Nova Earth? Do we want legislative bills with loads of self-serving, pork-barrel amendments? Do we want judges elected or appointed politically – Democrat and Republican judges? Do we want prisons to be for profit? Incarceration has been shown to have become an industry in […]
