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How Prison Has Effected My Family & Community
By Ivan Kilgore —May 2019 (The following is an excerpt from my latest book Domestic Genocide: The Institutionalization of Society.) I begin by informing you that institutions affect people in both positive and negative ways. Arguably, the positive aspect of prisons in...
LIFERS WITH OPTIMISTIC PROGRESS
Truth as told by those in power has been formatted to fit into the scheme of their agenda, which makes it a product propaganda. Truth as told by the powerless is a truth unscathed by such distortion, which makes it a reality. As such, the truth as told by the...
Three corrections Officers Under Arrest for the Brutal, Unprovoked Attack on Multiple Prisoners.
Paula Lehman-Ewing paula@reimaginingtherevolution.com Published 12:10 Central January 10, 2023 JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama — Three...
This Month’s Prison Reading List Favorite: Can You See Yourself With It?
How much I paid for the cinnamon roll has nothing to do with how much I’m willing to sell it for.
The Power of Labels: Murder & Society
one day he’s doing a life sentence deemed a threat to public safety, and then the next, “poof!” With a mere change of the law he is no longer a threat and is free after almost three decades in prison
How Can Someone In Prison Inspire Me to be Free & Live Life to the Fullest?
I began to realize that my footprints were going to be washed away in the tide of life because I had not gave due consideration to how I was living it. In fact, I was not living at all. I existed and was struggling to survive. What prison did was gave me time to take inventory, a hard look, at the fact that I had become a statistic, a number with little value amongst my community and peers. It was then that I became determined to change not only my plight but those of others.
R.E.B.U.I.L.D.: Community Reinvestment Program
R.E.B.U.I.L.D. Program Projected Launch Date: 01/21 Program Summary: Our program R.E.B.U.I.L.D. "Reinvests in Every...
UBF Juvenile Mentoring Program
In order for tomorrow's youth to become leaders and not statistics, they require the support of the greater community. With all the controversy...
PRISON SLAVE MOVEMENT–A N!##AS NIGHTMARE
In the face of adversity Not Worker, But N!##A Chattel! The F$%#?? By Ivan Kilgore Whereas the positionality of the worker (whether a factory worker demanding a monetary wage, an immigrant, or a white woman demanding a social wage) gestures toward the reconfiguration...
An Inspiration! Excerpt from Our Founder’s book Mayhem, Murder & Magnificence: A Memoir
…the social death of the African American has always been part of the American Experience
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What You Can Learn From the Incarcerated if You’d Stop, Think About it & Answer A Few Questions…
It’s time to change it up, find another way – it’s time to listen to those that we are advocating for.
Socialism vs. Capitalism: Food For Thought!
It done got real UBF fam! Tomorrow (Sunday, August 18th ) our most recent addition to the organization, Cedric O'Bannon, informed he will be conducting a video interview with the following individuals for an international conference on socialism. On behalf of the...
#Free California Movement: A Letter to Prison Reform Organizations
…if we are to invest in the notion of rehabilitation and entrust American institutions, then we must demand that CDCR release our loved ones, including those serving LWOP and death sentences.
What Happened to California’s Prison Movement?
Today, some seven years after the historic California hunger strikes, the general attitude on the yard is not that of resistance but compliance…
OUR 2023 SCHOLARSHIP LAUREATE
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Fundraising To Publish 100 Prisoner Books!
Please assist us to publish 100 prisoner books in 100 days! There are many people in prison who truly want to give back to their communities. As part of our Writers' Room Workshop we have created just such an opportunity for those who are incarcerated to be able to...
Nonprofit Coaching & Leadership Training Conference 2020, Guest speaker Glenn E. Martin, who has raised over $75 million dollars in the nonprofit sector
Glenn E. Martin, who has raised over $75 million dollars in the nonprofit sector and currently is the CEO of GEMtrainers, LLC, delivers a successful formula to raise money…
Inspiration: A Voice from the Inside
Inspiration: A Voice from the Inside A life-changing conversation with the incarcerated author, philanthropist, and activist Ivan Kilgore as he takes us on the journey of the inspirational story behind his recently published book, Murder, Mayhem & Magnificence: A...
Information On How To Effectively Recruit Skilled Volunteers For Your Non-Profit Organization
If you’re building a nonprofit organization and you want or need consulting or development of such a program, please contact us.
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