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What Still Matters, and Who’s Still Here
Hi friends,
This week, we’re leaning into consistency and community.
We published a new Volunteer FAQ and a sent a quick check-in form to all our helpers, because our hive only works when we can find each other. Read about that here.
We also brought back a classic post by Rick, What Really Matters, now republished as What Still Matters.
It’s a quietly powerful reflection about what inspired Rick to want to start Adopt an Inmate. Sadly, the kinds of stories Rick witnessed inside are still happening every day.
That’s why we’re asking for your voice.
As part of our Drop a Dime on Injustice campaign, we’re collecting real stories from those directly impacted by incarceration. You can respond to three simple prompts in our Good, Bad, Change form, or go deeper and share your experience in your own words through our Share Your Story form.
🎈 Birthday Alert: Kurtis!
Monday, July 28, (tomorrow!) is Kurtis’s birthday!
Kurtis is one of the most thoughtful and generous souls we’ve ever met behind the walls. If you’ve read the ongoing Kurtis & Joe series, you know. If you haven’t, start here. Let’s send a little of that love back his way.
You can reply to this email with your message, or use our Contact Form and we’ll make sure he gets it.
Want to honor him in a meaningful way? This is the perfect time to purchase his book, Poems From Within, for yourself, or to send to someone inside who would be uplifted by his words.
We need your input. Your insights. Your heartbreak. Your ideas.
It all still matters.
Thanks for being part of this work. YOU matter.
The Adopt an Inmate Team
🐝 Truth. Connection. Resistance.
Quote of the Week:
What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.
Fred Rogers
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