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Inspiring Leadership: 100 Prisoner Book Publishing Literacy Program!
Inspiring Leadership: 100 Prisoner Book Publishing Literacy Program!
Building a Legacy: Adversity Introduces A Man to Himself
I was in prison sentenced to spend the rest of my days on earth locked in a cell. Still and yet, I possessed the ability to make a conscious decision to not allow these circumstances to define me….
IVAN KILGORE, CORONAVIRUS WHISTLE-BLOWER, IS IN A CRISIS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynlUWVcUQU&t=4s The coronavirus is spreading in the U.S prison system with new cases emerging daily. People in prison are sick and rebelling. Recently, Vice News did an interview with an incarcerated person who exposed the...
Oklahoman imprisoned in California Seeks to Give Back locally from his Prison Cell.
“My hope is that this donation will become a beacon of hope that will inspire everyone to strive for new horizons, and to never allow current circumstances to limit the capacity to give back,” Kilgore said.
The Terrible Beauty Of Hip Hop,Ft.Ivan Kilgore,Mike B & Big Chief at O.T.S Studio,Engineer Big Chief – SoundCloud
Listen to The Terrible Beauty Of Hip Hop, Ft. Ivan Kilgore, Mike B & Big Chief at O.T.S Studio, Engineer Big Chief by Da_Biggest_Chief #np on #SoundCloud Lets hear what these guys gotta say https://soundcloud.com/da_biggest_chief/the-terrible-beauty-of-hip-hop
Make Cell Phones Legal In Prison
California and a number of other states really need to get with the program in terms of allowing inmates to use cell phones. They are already in prisons “legally” across the nation. See link!
Prisoner Lives Matter
Megan McDrew Prisoner Lives Matter, or at least they should. Yet, I’ve come to wonder if society actually sees the incarcerated as valuable or worthy of protection, especially in recent light of the pandemic? It pains me deeply to think of their plight but it hurts,...
A Question on The Common Misconceptions Of Prison.
Why is it people think that prison is a place where you learn to make good choices, pick good friends, be polite and respectful all the time? Reply: Prison isn't where you learn to make 'good decisions.' It is a place you wind up warehoused as you await the day you...
University of California, Irvine Prison Pandemic Oral Archive
We often think of prisons as closed institutions that do not affect us or our communities. But, in fact, our society’s health, safety, and well-being are closely tied to our prisons. The COVID crisis in prisons is revealing long-standing and entrenched problems with mass incarceration generally….
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…
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
The Pedagogy of Systemic Oppression
The Pedagogy of Systemic Oppression By Isabella Cain, UBFSF Media & Marketing Director Education is often presented as a pathway to opportunity: a means of gaining knowledge, securing employment, entering higher education, or improving one’s economic...
Democracy Behind Bars
Democracy Behind Bars By Kenthy Porter, Founder and Executive Director Democracy Beyond Bars Political education is at the heart of Democracy Beyond Bars' origin, advocacy and continued work to abolish the Prison industrial Complex. Founded in 2023 by incarcerated...
Book Review: BANANAS: OBSERVATIONS, FIXATIONS, AND DECLARATIONS, FROM A PROFOUNDLY DISORDERED MIND.
BANANAS: OBSERVATIONS, FIXATIONS, AND DECLARATIONS, FROM A PROFOUNDLY DISORDERED
MIND.
A Decade of Criminal Justice Reform: Have We Moved The Needle?
Just how much has changed over the course of the past decade in terms of Criminal Justice Reform and abolition efforts?
UBF Founder Ivan Kilgore’s McCoy v. Lousisana Reply Brief to the California Supreme Court
Petitioner “communicated to the [trial] court and counsel his opposition to presenting any other defense other than a defense of self-defense under the theory of the doctrine of transferred intent. Whereas, the trial court would “allow[] counsel to usurp control of an issue within [Petitioner’s] sole prerogative”
9 Reasons to Reexamine Your Views on So-Called Racism – By bfthames
9 Reasons to Reexamine Your Views on So-Called Racism 1) IT'S NOT REAL Racism exists entirely in our minds, no matter how much we want it to be real. This isn't a history lesson, but a few tidbits to chew on might be helpful. Most of us know that dark skin...
REBUILDING THE COMMUNITY FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
With the assistance of friends and family in 2014 I was able to incorporate the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation--a not-for-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding disadvantaged communities from within the community....
Hidden Voices: 100 Prisoner Book Publishing Project!
As the founder of the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation, it is with great humility that I announce we are now accepting manuscript submissions from incarcerated authors for publication. Our objective is to select 100 prisoner written books to publish. There...