Find a cool breeze and let the world slow down for a minute. Hereās your Sunday read. What Still Matters, and Whoās Still Here Hi friends, This week, weāre leaning intoĀ consistency and community. We published a new Volunteer FAQĀ and a sent a...
We first shared this letter from Rick in 2017, titled What Really Matters, when he was still inside. The good news: he came home about two years later. The bad news: the stories that broke his heart then still flood in today. Thatās why we launched our campaign, Drop...
From the Hive: A Tiny Bee Fest, a Tiny Surprise, and Some Poems You Need to Read Hi Friends, I'm sending this a little later than usual, writing from the final full day of Bee Fest, our annual summer volunteer retreat. This...
During our 2025 Volunteer Bee Fest weekend, Leah opened a piece of writing from Dortell Williams, an incarcerated writer in California. His words, his transformation is a reminder of whatās possible, and why this work matters. Ā Ā
Your Sunday Read July 13, 2025 | from Adopt an Inmate Notes From the Roffice We didnāt publish any new blog posts this week, but not because thereās nothing to say. The short version: we're still dealing with multiple leaks that had gone undetected until it turned...
About the Sunday Read This email goes out once a week on Sundays to recap what we published during the week (Monday ā Saturday). Whether we posted one, or a dozen, Itās your quick way to stay in the loop without getting overwhelmed. Weāre now...
Kurtis & Joe Part 3: After daily shared prayers in the cell their friendship deepens. Kurtis begins to uncover the sorrow behind Joeās story.
This piece came to us from Johnny in Florida. Like many artists behind bars, Johnny uses his creativity to process life, express what words canāt, and stay connected to the world outside. Every detail speaks to the heart about what it feels like to be disconnected...
On Independence Day, weāre setting the record straight about immigration, whatās legal, and whatās being twisted beyond recognition. If your family came here from somewhere else, this post is for you.
In this second message, Kurtis writes about what it meant to look out for someone else, and the spiritual rule that carried them through Joe’s first six years inside.