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Ministry with Prisoners & Families

 


In Ministry with Prisoners & Families: The Way Forward, nationally recognized experts W. Wilson Goode, Charles E. Lewis, and Harold Dean Trulear are joined by an impressive list of contributors to address the critical issues of incarceration and prisoner reentry and their impact, especially on the African American community. 


Contributors include:

 

  • Deborah Jackson-Meyers – Executive Director, Breaking the Chain Foundation
  • Keith Reeves – Associate Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, Swarthmore College
  • Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins – Executive Director, National Women’s Prison Project
  • Michael Smith - longtime chaplain in the state and federal prison system
  • Karen Swanson – Director, Institute for Prison Ministries, Billy Graham Center

 

The book's publisher,Judson Press , is donating $1.00 from the sale of every copy of this book to fund the distribution of Christian resources to those in prison or in need. 

 

Ministry with Prisoners & Families can be ordered from Judson Press by calling 800-458-3766 or visiting www.judsonpress.com. Save 20% when you order online.

**Also available on Amazon.com, bn.com, and other online retailers and Christian bookstores**

 

ISBN: 978-0-8170-1664-7

 Retail price: $17.99

Healing Communities Announces New Partnership  

 

Healing Communities is proud to announce a new partnership with the Open Society Foundations and their Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA). Starting strategically and with focus, the CBMA investment supports the expansion of Healing Communities’ work in Philadelphia and Baltimore to include mentoring, add supportive services in education and employment, and open the initiative to a decided emphasis on Black boys, male teens, and other young Black men challenged by life chances in difficult neighborhoods.

 

The CBMA describes itself as follows:

The Campaign for Black Male Achievement is a multi-issue, cross-fund strategy to address black men and boys' exclusion from economic, social, educational, and political life in the United States.The campaign responds to a growing body of research that reveals the intensification of black males' negative life outcomes.It builds on U.S. Programs' mission to support individuals and organizations that nurture the development of a more democratic, just society, as well as the Open Society Foundations' expertise and past work to reduce incarceration, promote racial justice, and support youth engagement and leadership development.


Annie E. Casey Foundation Report Highlights the Framework that Has Become a National Movement  

 

Healing Communities is an innovative approach to prison ministry and prisoner reentry that begins with the caring resources of the local congregation. Since its development by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) in 2006, the Healing Communities has been adopted by congregations across the country, with implementation by such groups as the Christian Association for Prisoner Aftercare, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, and the current host- the Philadelphia Leadership Foundation.

 

New AECF report, Healing Communities: A Framework for Congregations in their Ministry to Families Affected by Incarceration (December 2010) tells how faith communities can play a unique role in healing individuals, families and communities devastated by crime and cycles of incarceration. They can help build a community consensus around the challenges facing families with an incarcerated loved one, as well as the individuals returning home from incarceration. Faith institutions, including faith-based organizations, but particularly houses of worship, can serve as resources for transforming neighborhoods into places where family and social support are available to people affected by crime and incarceration. To view the report, click here. Many thanks to the Annie E. Casey Foundation for their continued leadership and generous support.