The day after Buzz Fest comes with boxes, bags, bins, mail, and a little emotional whiplash. But beneath the mess is everything we carried home with us: work accomplished, connections deepened, unforgettable conversations, and the reminder that some weekends take a little longer to leave you.
Sometimes we have to step back from talking about the work in order to do the work. We’re back with updates on a North Carolina field visit, new volunteer opportunities, exciting educational partnerships, the Blueprint app, Bee-Fest, and what’s coming next at Adopt an Inmate.
Trash bags are the Swiss Army knife of prison life. From tablet mounts to laundry lines to makeshift ovens, one sheet of plastic can become almost anything. In this first installment of #InmateIngenuity, Ray Corona shares the everyday creativity that helps people behind bars survive a world built with almost none of the tools the rest of us take for granted.