The Art of Soulmaking, launched 18 months ago, now receives over 350 letters every month, has reached over 3,000 people, and we now have over 250 volunteers
BlackBox released an interview with Jay Davis, Harlem Blood leader, on his path of Soulmaking in gang to prison life. Chowchilla prison then asked if he could come do a program there. Watch video <a href=“https://vimeo.com/706683972/622afb1ea7”> here </a>
Free Food Philo completed a mini-film about the Free Food Philo sit down meal at a local restaurant. Watch <a href=“https://vimeo.com/705249045/3904bd078e ”> here </a>
Golden Rule Garden in Ukiah joined our Free Food partner network, supplying produce weekly for our Philo and Ukiah meals.
Guards to Guardian currently is working with officers to be trained in the program to mentor other COs around the country.
There are now more than 70 graduates from our Art of Soulmaking program.
Art of Soulmaking program launched an online certification process for our new letter-writing volunteers. <a href="/penpal">Sign up here</a>.
Our Guards To Guardians team was invited to the OneVoice United Correctional Officer Wellness Conference in DC where we had the opportunity to discuss our program with over 250 officers and unions representatives from across the world.
Mendocino County Jail kicks off its ecological restoration project, providing both education in native trees and tree starters, as well as supplying much needed native plant starts to the state of California.
Ecologist John Liu came to Mendocino County Jail as a guest speaker for incarcerated participants in our Prison Earth Project.
