Waging Empathy

Good news, Bluesky: We’re almost there! We’re now less than $2,000 away from reaching our year-end fundraising goal! Every donation matters. Your support:

1️⃣ Provides incarcerated writers with access to training and resources to develop their skills.

2️⃣ Amplifies their voices beyond the walls through our platform, reaching audiences nationwide.

3️⃣ Drives momentum for systemic change, shifting narratives and perspectives.

Donate | Prison Journalism Project Prison Journalism Project is supported by people like you. Support Prison Journalism Project today.

Tomorrow is the last day of our campaign—your support can help us reach the finish line!

My Daily Prison Routine Keeping a regular schedule helps you stay level behind bars. Here’s a breakdown of my routine at an Arizona prison.

Last year, an incarcerated writer shared his daily prison routine. It's one of the top stories on our website.

Take a look ⤵️

In a NY Prison, a First of Its Kind College Graduation The ceremony at Green Haven Correctional Facility handed out degrees — and hope.

Amid surging enrollment in college courses offered at Green Haven Correctional Facility, one of the newest programs celebrates its first graduating class.

Newspaper project amplifies voices of female inmates at Eddie Warrior, Mabel Basset Female inmates from Eddie Warrior and Mable Basset Correctional Center to publish a newspaper with the help of Poetic Justice and Prison Journalism Project.

This year, Prison Journalism Project and Tulsa, Oklahoma-based nonprofit Poetic Justice ran an 11-week Summer of Journalism program to train writers at two facilities for incarcerated women. The women in the program launched 2 newspapers.

"What I have to say matters and is important, and I believe people would want to know." --an incarcerated writer

Donate | Prison Journalism Project Prison Journalism Project is supported by people like you. Support Prison Journalism Project today.

As you all know: Whether it's $10, $100, $1,000, or $10,000, every donation makes a difference. Your support amplifies voices that need to be heard. Every dollar you contribute helps bring these powerful stories to life.

Prison Journalism — Poetic Justice Poetic Justice partnered with the national nonprofit Prison Journalism Project to bring journalism workshops to Eddie Warrior and Mabel Bassett Correctional Centers in Oklahoma.

Check out this piece by Poetic Justice about Prison Journalism Project and our recent summer journalism program partnership.

How I Survived My First Day in Prison Prison is an unpredictable and scary place. I saw a man stabbed and got beat up in a fight. But I also proved I was not to be bullied.

How I Survived My First Day in Prison is one of most read stories of 2024.

New research unravels connection between rheumatoid arthritis, long COVID and bone pain to bone loss Long COVID causes bone pain and bone loss in 25% of cases by triggering inflammation and immune responses, especially in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.

Cleveland Clinic: “New research unravels connection between rheumatoid arthritis, long COVID and bone pain to bone loss”

“SARS-CoV-2 triggers bone inflammation and breakdown, especially in individuals with autoimmune diseases”

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@prisonculture.bsky.social is helping to run a New Year's Eve abortion funds 'online telethon'. Volunteers will be sharing their favorite songs and explaining why they love them, inviting people to donate. More in the post below.

Our usual activism hashtag: #DoSomething!

Sounds like some kind of Socialism!

I want to challenge everyone in 2025. Consider only posting news stories about local concerns, international news stories, nature, charities, education, healthcare, travel, safety, and human rights. Stop posting political news grabbing headlines for 30 days. Your entire outlook will change.

This is probably going to be a critical tactic for recognizing and resisting the incoming administration’s attacks on protestors and human rights/Civil Rights leaders:

the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG

You are welcome ❣️

Erykah Badu said spelling is a spell.

Write it down on real paper with a real pencil with real intent and watch it get real. Spelling is a Spell. - eb

"The act of actually writing the thought with intent IS the first act that triggers the next movement. The strength is in the BELIEF"

#BlackSky

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It was not lost on me today at the holiday art expo how many people co-opted language like #adoptables and #adopted as kitschy cutesy language for their purchased art pieces.

Can I go ONE PLACE where this shit we live is not thrown in my face like a joke or afterthought? Seriously. 🙄
#adoptees

Donate to Help saied to evacuate from Gaza, organized by Shafeq Aljadba My name is Aljadba shafiq, and I currently live in Belgium. I am reaching out to you … Shafeq Aljadba needs your support for Help saied to evacuate from Gaza

Here is saied from north Gaza❤️‍🩹. Your support and donation via this link is a lifeline for them after we lost everything in Gaza. I hope you support and participate to contribute to rebuilding our lives.👇

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“Other struggling people aren’t the enemy.” ~ Nathan Monk

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Imo Chantal James contributes a great deal to this platform. I recommend buying her book, paying attention to her thoughts on sanism in our society, and supporting her however she asks us to.

Why I am fine with Eat the Rich:

Jeff Bezos announcing that he's marrying his next wife, Lauren Sanchez, in a lavish $600m ceremony. They live in Florida. $600m would cover 2 years of FL k-12 free lunch programs. Last year the state discontinued the office that helped schools file for free lunches.