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I had to realize when I was very young that I was none of those things I was told I was. I was not, for example, happy. I never touched a watermelon for all kinds of reasons that had been invented by white people, and I knew enough about life by this time to understand that whatever you invent, whatever you project, is you!
HOW WE ORGANIZE WITH OUR INCARCERATED LEADERS.
HOW WE ORGANIZE WITH OUR INCARCERATED LEADERS. By Ivan Kilgore. People often ask me, "How can you be incarcerated and yet accomplish all you have as the founder of a successful nonprofit organization?" My response, PEOPLE! Sure, determination and a passion for...
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...
Prisoners of War by Monsour Owolabi
Prisoner of War By Monsour Owolabi this poem is part of the “100 Stories” Archive with Stony Brook University to be published 6 November 2024 I’m in a tomb for the living, locked in a box. My clothes are all white except my gray socks. It’s 95° or so I hear;...
The People v. The Prison By Ivan Kilgore
This article was originally published by Inquest Magazine on 10 October, 2024 The People v. the Prison By Ivan Kilgore California is discovering the hard way that you can’t leave decarceral reforms in the hands of prison officials At times it appears as though...
October 2024 Message From Our Founder
It's said that processionary caterpillars travel in long, undulating lines, one creature after another. Jean-Henri Fabre, the French naturalist who died in 1915, once led a group of these caterpillars onto the rim of a large flowerpot, so that the lead caterpillar...
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.
Catherine Clark Perkins affectionately known as Ms. Cat (Catron Academy Learning Institute) is a community activist/advocate working to end Mass Incarceration and gang/gun violence. She is the CEO and founder of Catron Academy Learning Institute. A member of the...
R.E.B.U.I.L.D. Highlights by Laurie Tang
My name is Laurie Tang, and I volunteer as the Program and Policy Coordinator for the R.E.B.U.I.L.D. team at UBFSF. So far, I have been engaged in structuring the R.E.B.U.I.L.D. narrative, discussing ideas to reach wider audiences with Ivan, and helping to plan...
Leon Banks Testimonial
Testimonial for Mr. Banks When I first met Ivan, I was immediately struck by his confidence and determination. We walked to chow one morning, and as he talked to me about his business, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Here was a man who, despite the immense...
Words as Resistance: Dismantling Systems of Oppression through Writing
Words as Resistance: Dismantling Systems of Oppression through Writing By Keziah Poole As a teacher-scholar of resistance literature and Director of The Readers’ Circle, a peer-editing program that connects college students with incarcerated writers, I am often met...
September Message From Our Founder
September Message From Our Founder By Ivan Kilgore This month's theme is one that perplexes many and begs of us to ask the following questions: How? How do we dismantle an oppressive system? What are they? Are they régimes led by dictators? Are the tools they use...
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...
Excerpt from Reimagining the Revolution By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Excerpt: What (or Who) Is Broken? To pave the road of his revolution, Ivan Kilgore, [founder of United Black Family Scholarship Foundation,] has enlisted the help of a younger generation. Like the liberation movements he learned about from elders while sitting in the...
August Message From Our Founder
August Message From Our Founder Some two decades ago, I entered the California prison system as an unsuspecting 26 year old man unaware of the challenges that lay ahead. Indeed, as the years went by I would go through the fire: race riots, the SHU, lockdowns, etc....
Slavery is Abolished… By Max Parthas
Slavery is Abolished... By Max Parthas Slavery never ended. Not a solitary day has passed where it but for a single second suddenly ceased. It wasn't solved, it evolved from slaves on plantations to involve caged convicts being leased. Or, warehousing bodies for...
July Message From Our Founder
July Message From Our Founder By Ivan Kilgore What is the 4th of July to America's incarcerated, homeless, black, and poor? I have been incarcerated 24 years. Prior to my imprisonment, I recall how my family, friends, and I celebrated this occasion. As a child, like...
Juneteenth and Modern-Day Slavery
Juneteenth and Modern-Day Slavery By Isabella Cain Does slavery persist in modern-day society? In short, yes. American society would love to say that institutionalized slavery was outlawed in 1865 when Congress passed the 13th Amendment. However, there is one clause...
June Message From Our Founder
June Message From Our Founder By Ivan Kilgore As the nation celebrates Juneteenth this month, it pains me to know and continue to experience what remains of the dehumanizing culture that sprung from the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Without question, slavery lives with...
May 2024 Message From Our Founder
What in society would exist if not for a radical thought? Would there be vision, invention, technology, or medicine? What advancements would the world bear witness to or be without? What nations would we claim as citizens if not for the radical thought of nation...
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