Transformational Prison Project TPP

TPP and Agncy just wrapped up our restorative justice circles with BPS students and teachers

We can’t wait for next year !!!

Shout out to the Haley House for putting on a great block party for the community this past weekend

The 28th Annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace

TEAM TPP

Thank you Louis D. Brown Peace Instatute for creating an amaizing space

TPP IS HIRING !
If you are system impacted and looking for a full time or part time job check out the job descriptions.

Check out the link below

http://www.transformprison.org/jobs

Just published! 👉 https://bit.ly/46LWluU
Senator Miranda, Justice 4 Housing Leslie Credle & Transformational Prison Project TPP Noble Williams explore the challenges of re-entry after a time in prison & discuss solutions to be implemented with GBH News Chris Burrell.

The People Who Support Liz Miranda for State Senator - District 2

Feeling cheerful this holiday season?
Are you looking to donate to a local organization?

Check out the at the Galleria and consider donating. TPP is featured as a partner and the giving machine will be available all holiday season.

TPP had a blast this past Friday at the UJC summit in New York!

Much appreciation to the United Justice Coalition for inviting TPP to be one of the featured organizations at their event.

Also much love to the people that came out to support TPP.

Boston was in the building!

🎁 Look at all of the beautiful donations options that will be available in the Giving Machines this year! From medical services and linens to winter clothes and chickens.

✨ Which items will you give? What a beautiful opportunity!

❤️ We are so excited to share our love with those in need. We are two days away from the arrival of the machines and less than three days away from the Launch Event!

It’s always great to hold space with the youth from East Boston

Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday TPP and MLCS run a restorative justice circle with the youth living in East Boston

Restorative Peace circles in East Boston have been running for over 3 years!!!

This past weekend TPP sat in a restorative space with the family.

We appreciate producer David Goldblum and his crew for trusting the restorative process.

Check out our 2nd Digital Literacy Graduation

Congrats to the Graduates!!!

TPP just graduated 15 system impacted individuals from a 13 week long digital literacy class

Much respect to MLCS for making this happen for the second year in row.

Big shout out to NUBE East Boston, Mutual Aid Eastie and MLCS for collaborating on this program!

TPP just finished up its first women’s wellness group!
This program was an 8 week Restorative Justice group for women impacted by the carceral system, lead by Angelia Jefferson.

We had a great time in East Boston celebrating Juneteenth!
Our partner MLCS hosted their 3rd annual Juneteenth celebration and TPP is grateful for the invite.
MLCS is always on the ground impacting their community !

Check out this Article !

Featuring TPP’s Sr Director of Programing Emmanuel “Noble” Williams.

Much appreciation to James Repenning for opening up your classroom to show in real time how to leverage privilege to center the voices of those with lived experience. Thank you for always supporting TPP.

Much love to Scott Budnick and the ARC for all the impactful work you do.
From Cali to Boston !!!!

Much respect to Devin McCordy for always being willing to hold space with TPP in and out of DYS.

Shout out to Vic Blends for being an agent of change.

From Hollywood to the gridiron, advocates champion restorative justice | MIT Sloan Why film producer Scott Budnick, the New England Patriots’ Devin McCourty, celebrity barber VicBlends, and others are advocating for formerly incarcerated people.

https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/hollywood-to-gridiron-advocates-champion-restorative-justice

From Hollywood to the gridiron, advocates champion restorative justice | MIT Sloan Why film producer Scott Budnick, the New England Patriots’ Devin McCourty, celebrity barber VicBlends, and others are advocating for formerly incarcerated people.

TPP’s Executive Director, Armand Coleman and Sarah Coughlin just finished up our first 8 week Restorative Justice Reading Group inside South Bay House of Correction. All the men that completed our RJ program are between the ages of 18-24, all serving time inside Suffolk County house of correction. TPP will continue futhering restorative work inside Jails and prisons across Suffolk County.

Huge Shout out to Derrel Slim Weathers and Cindy Diggs for throwing an amazing event this past Saturday. The 3rd Annual G's 2 Gents Event hosted by Voices of Liberation (VOL) is something that is needed in community. TPP supports this great work and appreciates the invite.

Thank you Senator Eldridge for your continued commitment to the Restorative Justice community!

Over a decade ago, I became familiar with the concept and practice of (RJ) through Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) in Concord. It led to legislation filed with Rep. Sean Garballey that was part of the historic 2018 criminal justice reform package. The goal was to bring RJ into every community, institution and school in Massachusetts. Today, I had the honor of meeting with members of the Transformational Prison Project (TPP), led by formerly incarcerated people providing Restorative Justice spaces where those who have been harmed and those who have done the harming can come together and engage in dialogue—to build understanding and empathy toward those who have been victims of violent crime. We had a productive discussion around expanding RJ in society, bringing together incarcerated people and Correction Officers into RJ circles in prisons, and the caucus’s push to take the savings from closing prisons into improved programming, and greater investment into communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs and mass incarceration. For more info, please visit www.transformprison.org!

Good Morning

Hoping this day greets you with understanding respect love and an open heart

Join Team TPP in supporting this great cause for Peace and Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother's Day Walk for Peace. You can walk with our team or donate to Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother's Day Walk for Peace through the link or find our Team link in our Bio.

https://www.mothersdaywalk4peace.org/TeamTPP

Thank you, Thrive for hosting our Phase One Training with your Staff and community! We enjoy the six weeks of getting to know everyone and building community. We are looking forward to Phase Two and coming back out to Lowell!

https://www.transformprison.org/trainings.html

Please register to join this great panel featuring our Executive Director Armand Coleman !

"As part of The Lenny Zakim Fund's Bridge Builders series, we hope you will join us for this special convening of nonprofit and civic leaders who are each taking creative approaches in their work with incarcerated individuals, those whom they have harmed, and their families to break the cycles of violence, incarceration, and recidivism. The inspiring work being done both within and outside the prison system to address the individual and systemic harms, including those who have caused harm, those impacted by it, and their families will be the focus of this panel discussion.
Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the importance of building bridges of understanding and empathy between those on both sides of the harm and their families leading to transformational healing and forgiveness, with the goal of breaking the cycles of violence, incarceration, and recidivism.
Healing from the Inside Out is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The Boston Foundation is within walking distance of the Arlington (Green Line) and Back Bay (Orange Line) T stations. Parking is also available at nearby parking garages.
Proper ID will be required to enter The Boston Foundation."

Panelists:
Armand Coleman
Founder and Executive Director
Transformational Prison Project TPP

Ruth Rollins
Founder and Executive Director
We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project

Sheriff Steve Tompkins
Massachusetts Suffolk County Sheriff's Department

Moderator:
Allison Picott
Executive Director
The Lenny Zakim Fund
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-lzf-bridge-builder-panel-discussion-tickets-605218112667?fbclid=IwAR3v3EclOqWamh1gsqVHQ3OfdesX6l63oE4OE5_ZJ-Evz_HHtz2SRB72oJE

Good Morning

Hoping this day greets you with respect honor understanding an open mind.

Join Team TPP in supporting this great cause for Peace and Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother's Day Walk for Peace. You can walk with our team or donate to Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother's Day Walk for Peace through the link or find our Team link in our Bio.
https://www.mothersdaywalk4peace.org/TeamTPP

Please check out this incredible panel of Community Voices Aim to Restore Medical Trust held at the end of March at the Bruce Boiling Building in Roxbury's Nubian Square in March! Here are the stories in insight from our Director of Communications and many more...

https://www.youtube.com/live/fRcZP7V3P3I?feature=share
www.storiesformedicaltrust.org

Do you know what it means to ? This Thursday, the J4H team will be at the MA Statehouse lobbying our legislators to pass two pieces of critical legislation. Want to join the fight? Send us a message!

The first bill we will be lobbying for is S.878 / H.1362, An Act to Secure Housing for Returning Citizens. J4H is fighting to dismantle the inequitable and discriminatory public housing system in MA and make it accessible for Formerly Incarcerated People (FIP). That’s what it means to !!

The second bill we advocating for is S.979 / H.1598, An Act Providing Easier and Greater Access to Sealing. J4H is supporting the Clean Slate Initiative to ensure that juvenile records are sealed in a timely fashion.

Good Morning

Hoping this day greets you with harmony, hope, joy, and respect. Keep your Restorative Justice arms open, they will come!

As part of The Lenny Zakim Fund's Bridge Builders series, we hope you will join us for this special convening of nonprofit and civic leaders who are each taking creative approaches in their work with incarcerated individuals, those whom they have harmed, and their families to break the cycles of violence, incarceration, and recidivism. The inspiring work being done both within and outside the prison system to address the individual and systemic harms, including those who have caused harm, those impacted by it, and their families will be the focus of this panel discussion.

Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the importance of building bridges of understanding and empathy between those on both sides of the harm and their families leading to transformational healing and forgiveness, with the goal of breaking the cycles of violence, incarceration, and recidivism.

Healing from the Inside Out is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The Boston Foundation is within walking distance of the Arlington (Green Line) and Back Bay (Orange Line) T stations. Parking is also available at nearby parking garages.

Proper ID will be required to enter The Boston Foundation.

Panelists:
Armand Coleman
Founder and Executive Director
Transformational Prison Project TPP

Ruth Rollins
Founder and Executive Director
We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project

Sheriff Steve Tompkins
Massachusetts Suffolk County Sheriff's Department

Moderator:
Allison Picott
Executive Director
The Lenny Zakim Fund

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-lzf-bridge-builder-panel-discussion-tickets-605218112667