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Posted July 2010
In downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, on Memorial Day over 3,700 participants in the Hunger Walk 2010 event either walked or ran 5 kilometers throughout the lower part of the city raising funds for the Freestore Foodbank, the chief sponsor of the event. The Freestore Foodbank takes innovative approaches to assist the nutritional needs of many individuals, including partnering with many organizations and churches in the community.
MORE FEATURE STORIES
Kairos Retreat inside Prison Rejuvenates Faith
by Stephanie Brokaw
June 2010
The razor wire and rocks that formed a barrier to the outside world seemed to set off a clue in my mind that this was going to be quite the experience. Michael Shryock moved effortlessly through the prison’s gates and security points. One could tell he had been through this before. Mike has volunteered ten times at Kairos retreats for incarcerated individuals at several different prisons. Learn how Kairos works inside prison walls.
Mama Ruth: On a mission to serve
by Brenda Huff
May 2010
The big room is filled to capacity. Standing on the small stage, a soloist singer renders a heartfelt melody. An attractive, older woman provides musical accompaniment behind a small upright piano. This is a strange, albeit different place to be on a Friday night for many in the room. Their former hangouts more likely would have been bars, the streets, or anywhere where they could have gotten a drink, scored a hit, or indulged in some other vice. Read more.
•One of Shiloh's Gang — Chris by Karyn Alexander May 2010
•PACER —Personal achievement thru Choices Empowering Re-entry May 2010
•My Time has Begun by Yati Florida March 2010
•Untouchables by Andrew Brunsman February 2010
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Stephanie Brokaw on Kairos in Prison
Posted June 21, 2010
RED! writer, Stephanie Brokaw, shares her perceptions of her first visit to a prison when she met the Kairos participants and observed the graduation ceremony at the Lebanon Correctional Institution. Don't miss her full feature story about the prison Kairos experience.
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Updated April 2010
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Updated April 2010
The Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC) announces its July Calendar of free legal counsel locations.
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statesman.com
•A reading dilemma
The Right to Remain Silent
AltoonaMirror.com
•New NV laws target school bullying, crime tracking
Las Vegas Sun
•Drug Treatment for Inmates Works, But Few Prisons Offer It
Newsweek.com
•Inmate labor can help communities
The Arizona Republic
•Prisoner reentry program reducing recidivism in Michigan
Wzzm13.com
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Adrick Ceasar witnesses hope in Haiti
Adrick Ceasar, media relations director for Sonje Ayiti, traveled to Cap Hatien, Haiti, in May to the organization's headquarters in Limonade. He witnessed the hope, transformation, and restoration that Sonje Ayiti is helping provide to the people of northern Haiti. Sonje Ayiti is assisting in medical help, as well as expanding its educational and entrepreneurial outreach. RED! is partnering with the organization to bring you latest information.Go to full-size complete slide show.
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©2010 by Jimmy Brown
Now when I cry I know why - a poem by Owen Hobbs
When I wrote “Pile Driven Parts 1 and 2” I thought that I was strong and that my faith was good. But, to my surprise, when the walls came crashing down, I discovered I was still weak. Along with that emotion was doubt – still, no doubt in God, but self-doubt. . . Brian Crawford
I’m 36-years old and I’m incarcerated for organized crime. I’ll be released in two years and I have or will have served 74 months in prison. I’m from Marion, Ohio and I lived in the roughest neighborhood in town. I have a lot of regrets and a lot to share. I was beaten a lot growing up and I feel as I was lost as a child growing up and thrown to the side. Ever since I have grown up I have taken it upon myself never to be like my parents. I always thought I was different from everyone as I was growing up, but now I see I wasn’t different, just lost. Jimmy Brown
Do you believe in miracles? Well, once you have heard my story, I have no doubt, you will, because it is only through the miraculous saving and transforming power of our Lord Jesus Christ that I am even able to write these words to you. Let me start near the beginning. . . George Clayton