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*Educate. Motivate. Liberate. The Civil Survival Workshops offer hope as well as a sense of community and purpose for returning citizens. Formerly incarcerated individuals are often isolated and hopeless. In our Civil Survival Workshops, formerly incarcerated individuals form bonds born of organizing for a cause bigger than themselves. The ongoing Game-Changer Groups are led by formerly incarcerated people and are designed to keep participants engaged in their community and constantly learning more about issues that interfere with their ability to re-engage in society. | *Educate. Motivate. Liberate. The Civil Survival Workshops offer hope as well as a sense of community and purpose for returning citizens. Formerly incarcerated individuals are often isolated and hopeless. In our Civil Survival Workshops, formerly incarcerated individuals form bonds born of organizing for a cause bigger than themselves. The ongoing Game-Changer Groups are led by formerly incarcerated people and are designed to keep participants engaged in their community and constantly learning more about issues that interfere with their ability to re-engage in society. | ||
| − | * | + | *Our Mission [http://civilsurvival.org/our-mission/] |
| − | * | + | *Join the Movement [http://civilsurvival.org/join-the-movement/] |
*Contact | *Contact | ||
**(206) 602-3463 | **(206) 602-3463 | ||
Revision as of 09:56, 17 January 2018
Civil Survival
- Educate. Motivate. Liberate. The Civil Survival Workshops offer hope as well as a sense of community and purpose for returning citizens. Formerly incarcerated individuals are often isolated and hopeless. In our Civil Survival Workshops, formerly incarcerated individuals form bonds born of organizing for a cause bigger than themselves. The ongoing Game-Changer Groups are led by formerly incarcerated people and are designed to keep participants engaged in their community and constantly learning more about issues that interfere with their ability to re-engage in society.
- Our Mission [1]
- Join the Movement [2]
- Contact
- (206) 602-3463
- [email protected]
Restorative Community Coalition [3]
- Restorative Community Coalition is in the business of ReClaiming Lives. We are an action oriented coalition advocating for restorative, economic, systemic and social change.
- Brochure [4]
- Contact [5]
The Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls [6]
- Through support, awareness and advocacy the National Council works to ensure that no policies, laws, practices, organizing and services are made without including our voices and ideas. Nothing about us without us!
Smart Justice Spokane [7]
- Smart Justice Spokane is a broad, diverse coalition of more than 30 organizations, community members, and criminal justice professionals who have come together to advocate for reform of our expensive, ineffective, and unfair criminal justice system.
- Vision [8]
- Coalition Partners [9]
- Contact Us [10]
Prison Voices [11]
- Prison Voice Washington exists to help redesign and update Washington’s broken prison system by introducing common sense, humanity, and the latest scientific research into policy discussions. Our goal is to improve both the safety of our communities and the lives of prisoners by expanding opportunities for rehabilitation. We also seek to update our laws and policies to reflect what works, based on the last 30 years of social science research.
- Contact [12]
- Contact Prison Voice Washington/PO Box 463/Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
- For additional info, send an email to [email protected]
I did the time [13]
- I Did the Time recognizes that individuals with arrest and conviction records are unfairly discriminated against when seeking housing and employment, and hopes to prevent this unfair treatment by educating legislators using real-life stories of rehabilitation and struggle. Join us by telling Washington State legislators: I Did the Crime. I Did the Time. Amend RCW 49.60.030! Email your stories of discrimination and evidence of rehabilitation to: [email protected]
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network [14]
- We envision a society in which formerly incarcerated people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, and offense types pursue their dreams as educated and empowered citizens with valued experiences. We see a world in which we have the rights and opportunities needed to make important contributions to our communities and beyond. Our mission is to promote the education and empowerment of formerly incarcerated people through a collective community. We do so by: Strengthening social networks of formerly incarcerated people, Creating spaces for formerly incarcerated people to share and discuss ideas, Changing social perceptions of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, Changing incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people's views of themselves, Promoting and supporting prison and post-prison education, Demonstrating the value of our lived experience, Advocating for criminal justice policy change.
