We now have 108 people on death row enrolled in The Art of Soulmaking, which represents 2.5% of the population in the United States on death row
<span class="black">Love to Table delivered Thanksgiving meal to 120 Mendocino County Jail Correction Officers, staff, and Mendocino County Juvenile Hall staff and residents</span>
BlackBox is developing prison programming and Art of Soulmaking with gang specialist and current director of Re-imagining Justice Jason Davis
<span class="black">The Earth program has lined up support from several top ecologists in the country including John Liu, Jarid Manos (Ghetto Plainsman) to submit a grant to build The Land Earth program & prison-based ecological restoration camps</span>
Forgiveness Releases the Burden On Your Own Heart
Hello again Laura,
I cannot believe another week has passed already. I am saddened that there are only two weeks left to the group. But I wholeheartedly intend to keep up the practices and tools I’ve re-incorporated into my daily life since beginning this course.
Have You Tried Meditation?
One day Suzuki Roshi said, “Life is basically impossible.” Then he got up and left the zendo. The next day a student asked, “Suzuki Roshi, yesterday you said that life is basically impossible. What are we going to do?”
“You do it,” he replied, “every day.”
Parmesan Cream Shrimp in Roasted Kabocha Boats
There is a precious little country in South America with 3 ½ million people and 30 million free range cows getting fat on the rich pampas grass that grows wild there. This young country, established in 1825, is called Uruguay, “river of the painted birds.”
Land Soil & Water Summit
On October 15th, at the tail-end of a long dry season, we convened a dream team of experts in water and soil ecology to develop a restoration plan for the Land’s hydrological cycle and soil health.
Soul Food: The Teens of Juvenile Hall Grow Produce for Local Senior Center
A tenet of Unconditional Freedom is to fill what is empty and empty what is full. Seven months ago, we started a mini-farm at Mendocino County’s Juvenile Hall, carving four, forty-five-foot beds into compacted, dry soil. We mixed in donated compost, added irrigation, and started planting with the kids. We dropped in milkweed and carrot […]
Food as a Love Delivery System
by Caryn Roth At Love to Table, we use food as the means to bring love, to sneak it into the rejected places, the crevices that may not often receive it. We offer our love to anyone who can use it, and we use food as the vehicle to bring it in. Whether a friend, […]
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