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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...
Controlling the narrative as to who the incarcerated are and their potential is a critical to defining how society perceives and interacts with the incarcerated and how they themselves see themselves. They are not the worse decision of their lives.
Today, some seven years after the historic California hunger strikes, the general attitude on the yard is not that of resistance but compliance…
Just how much has changed over the course of the past decade in terms of Criminal Justice Reform and abolition efforts?
In Souls of Black Folks W.E.B. Du Bois tells of the story of John Jones, a happy-go-lucky Negro from the small town of Altamaha, Georgia. John is a free spirit who’s always laughing, smiling, and singing. He’s loud and boisterous. Unfortunately, John is not very...
Here, we have those closest to the problem and those seeking to better understand and change our country’s position as the world’s largest incarcerator, both invested with the power to shape the narrative….
Listen to four gut-wrenching radio interviews on the rhetoric of prison rehabilitation by United Black Family Scholarship Foundation founder Ivan Kilgore. Hosted on Prison radio. Click on the following links:...
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...
FACING DEATH PENALTY, AGNOSTIC STARTS TO PRAY–RADIO INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR IVAN KILGORE.
He’s gone years without touching or being touched by another human being (except when the guards put handcuffs on him to escort him from his cell).
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...
“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.