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Free Minds Book Club
@FreeMindsDC
Free Minds uses books and creative writing to empower DC's incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youths and adults to change their lives.
Washington, DC
Joined October 2010
959 Following
4.2K Followers
6.5K Posts
From everyone here at Free Minds, we are wishing you a happy new year!
We are so grateful for each and every one of you who has been a part of our incredible community of changemakers. May the new year bring new possibilities, new opportunities, and new chapters.
Your support makes a real difference in people's lives. Thanks to a generous donor, donations made before the end of the year will be matched up to $20K. Help us keep this work going. Donate today. https://t.co/4SPQ5lMw9c
Thank you to everyone who joined us this Giving Tuesday. Your generosity fuels real change—supporting members to heal and build their futures. 💙 #IAmAChangeMaker
Every gift matters. Join us in building a community of change makers. 💪
https://t.co/8HvBKz3t8R
#GivingTuesday
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Every gift fuels programs that connect, support, and inspire change. Give today at https://t.co/8HvBKz3t8R
It’s #GivingTuesday! Join Free Minds in creating lasting change through books, writing, and opportunity for currently or formerly incarcerated members of our community. https://t.co/8HvBKz3t8R
Giving Tuesday is almost here! Join Free Minds in creating change through writing, connection, and opportunity. #GivingTuesday #IAmAChangeMaker https://t.co/8HvBKz3t8R
This Giving Tuesday, your gift to #FreeMinds helps create lasting change. Join a community of change makers transforming lives and communities. #GivingTuesday #IAmAChangeMaker
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Free Minds member Antoine came home in 2023 under DC’s Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act (IRAA) after serving 22 years behind bars. He has since worked at a housing program supporting people in recovery and used the power of storytelling to promote hope and healing.
At Free Minds, we have seen the transformative impact that DC laws like the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act/Second Look (IRAA) and Youth Rehabilitation Act (YRA) have had. Free Minds member James came home in 2019 under IRAA after 30 years. He now serves as a youth mentor.
Our Free Minds members have been writing and pouring out powerful words, and we can't wait for you to read them! Join us tonight at 7pm ET for #WriteNight, a space where you can read and respond to poetry written by our incarcerated members. https://t.co/kNPKytQKuc
No need to tell me
that I am free
As still I sit here
In these chains
behind bars
And still barred
From the liberty
They claimed to
Give to me and mine
For free back there
In 1865 or was it ‘63
- Excerpt from "Juneteenth Day" by AW #poetry https://t.co/gPe1LLgBmH
TODAY ONLY! Donate now and a generous donor will match your gift. Double your impact and help us reach our $20,000 goal. Let’s stand with Free Minds members as they return home and lead the way to new chapters! https://t.co/oo5Bclq1MB
We are so bent
Upon being individualist
& beautiful in our own opinion
That your expectations of natural accordance
Does not exist…
- Excerpt from "Unapologetically Unorthodox" by TT, dedicated to the Gender Non-Conformist #poetry https://t.co/55okjfvLHy
Tonight! Join us for an evening of conversation, creativity and community. #WriteNight https://t.co/x6S2QAlCVv
It’s time for me to go home
It’s time for me to pray
It’s time for me to think
It’s time for me to say ...
- Excerpt from "It's Time" by JW #poetry https://t.co/3ZoA2dcrsb
Breaking news! We are ecstatic to share that we have been selected for a grant renewal with the NFL Inspire Change initiative to support the expansion of our reentry programming. Read the press release below!
https://t.co/3o35VP5Z1P
#SocialJustice #NFL #Reentry #FreeMinds
Congratulations Tyrone on this wonderful achievement! https://t.co/8qGBqMQNgi
A very special shoutout to the Georgetown @McCourtSchool for public policy for the generous grant this semester. Your donation supports the work we believe in. Thank you to students Filip & Vinuri for your advocacy. We are grateful for allies like you!
Paint my portrait in a thousand words,
In every color of my poetry.
Discard every tale you’ve ever heard
Of the perspectives that misrepresent me...
- Excerpt from "Remember Me in Words" by TT #poetry https://t.co/mCKBHEARzc
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