Idealist logo
idealist

Menu

pin icon
pin icon
Post a Listing
circle-add icon
Add Your Organization
Idealist logo
idealist

Search

Idealist logo
idealist
globe icon
Nonprofit
arrow-trend icon
Actively Hiring

Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop

Washington, DC | https://freemindsbookclub.org
Logo of Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
Joined in July 2007

About Us

Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop builds community to foster personal development and systems change for justice-involved youth and adults through the literary arts, workforce development, trauma healing, peace-building, and member-led advocacy.

Free Minds began as a bi-weekly book club program for the 16- and 17-year-old boys charged as adults in the DC Jail. As members were released or transferred to federal prison after turning 18, we recognized that maintaining contact throughout incarceration and beyond was vital to helping these youths positively redirect their lives. Free Minds has expanded its services to include a weekly Jail Book Club; a correspondence-based Prison Book Club, which provides new books and written materials to members after transfer to federal prison; and a Reentry Book Club and job readiness program, which connects released members to the people, programs and services in the community that will help them to achieve their new goals.

Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop builds community to foster personal development and systems change for justice-involved youth and adults through the literary arts, workforce development, trauma healing, peace-building…

Issue Areas Include

  • Arts & Music
  • Community Development
  • Education
  • Human Rights & Civil Liberties
  • Prison Reform

Location

  • location icon
    1816 12th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009, United States

Current listings by Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop

InternshipsLocationDate Posted
Prison Book Club InternshipWashington, DCMarch 22, 2023

Join Idealist

Sign up today to save your favorite organizations and get email alerts when new ones are posted.