Find a cool breeze and let the world slow down for a minute. Here’s your Sunday read. What Still Matters,...
Your Sunday Read: July 27, 2025
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📚 Fact‑Check Friday: Do Prisons Make Us Safer?
🎯 Myth Prisons Make Us Safer Victoria Law’s book Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration challenges...
When All the Other Is Gone
This post explores what we lose when we erase the “other,” and what we gain when we protect it.
Hug Your Adoptee this Month: June Edition
👋 Note: To all of our new adopters - welcome! You’re bringing hope and human connection to people who need it most. Whether...
Memorial Week: “To treat a person inhumanely is violence.”
This Army veteran is a writer, teacher, and self-proclaimed coffee-loving book nerd. He also happens to be incarcerated. Today’s Memorial Week post highlights his voice, and the truth that “To treat a person inhumanely is one of the most awful acts there is. To do so is violence; you reduce a person to a thing.”
I Don’t Have a Spirit of Fear — I Have a Spirit of Courage and Might
Matt, formerly incarcerated in New York, reflects on the power of reading, the failures of prison grievance systems, and his hope for a more restorative approach to justice.
Bee Speak Part II 🐝 Your Jar Is Open
The bees didn’t just show up in our mission, they showed up in old traditions, strange timing, and tiny messengers with wings.
Bee 🐝 Sides: After the Unthinkable
A reflection on what we carry — and what we choose to give.
How to Hug Your Adoptee in May
As we welcome the warmth and renewal of spring, now’s a great time to check in with your adoptee (or any loved one inside). A...
Phillip Alvin Jones Consulting LLC
We're delighted to share the work of our friend Phillip Alvin Jones, a talented writer, speaker, and advocate. In this post,...