Prisonist.org Newsletter Jan. '16
Faith & Dignity for the Days Ahead
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Article: Our Ministry Featured in The Greenwich Sentinel
A Worldly Fall, A Spiritual Ascent
This article appeared in the January 7, 2016
issue of the Greenwich Sentinel. We hope it offers faith and dignity
to individuals and families with white-collar and nonviolent
incarceration issues. The darkest days of a person's life can be a time
of renewal and hope.
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"There's a transformation that goes on in every single person I've ever met that has gone through incarceration issues," Grant said. "Whether they recognize it or not, at some point it becomes clear to them that they are no longer the people that they had been. That's generally a good thing. These are life-altering experiences.." To read the rest of this article, please click here.
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Radio Interview: We Talked White-Collar Crime with Babz Rawls Ivy on her radio show
We talked white-collar crime, reentry and redemption with our dear
friend Babz Rawls Ivy on her talk show, LoveBabz LoveTalk, WNHH FM
103.5 New Haven, CT. Original air date, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. To listen to the archived show on SoundCloud, please click here.
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Article: Our Ministry Featured in "The Vision"
We are grateful to
The New York Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church for the
invitation to write an article for its monthly newspaper, The Vision. This article appeared on page 8 of the December 15, 2015 issue, was published online and was distributed to all of its 450 churches in New York and Connecticut.
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White-Collar Ministry: A Riches-To-Rags-To-Redemption Story
"On Easter
Sunday 2006, I reported to Allenwood Low Security Corrections
Institution in White Deer, Pennsylvania. A guard came out and I showed
him my court orders - he did not seem happy about my reporting on Easter
Sunday. As we went through the metal door he spun me around, held my
hands behind my back and slapped handcuffs on them. I had been
anticipating this moment for over a year and not once did I consider
that I would have to be handcuffed. At that moment I had my first
inkling of how little I knew about surviving in prison."
To read the rest of this article, please click here. (page 8).
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Video: Our Main Stage
Presentation At The
Nantucket Project 
We are grateful to The Nantucket Project for its continuing support of our ministries. Click here to view Video of Jeff's Main-Stage Presentation. (17:27)
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Guest Blog: Journey From Darkness to Light, By Melissa Tanis - Child of an Incarcerated Parent
Melissa's
first guest blog for us, Child of an Incarcerated Parent, (Jan. '15)
chronicled her reunion with her father who was sentenced to 50 years in
prison - it became our most-viewed blog ever! Below is her follow-up
blog that brings us up-to-date on her incredible and heartwarming
story.
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"...As I wrote in my last blog post, my dad had cancer and at the time and
was in remission. But in March of this year I got a call from my dad
like I normally do except this time, he told me his cancer had returned
and spread to his lungs. The doctor said he had at best, two years to
live. He has responded well to chemo but it will be an ongoing treatment
and at different moments, he is very vulnerable to infection. If it's
not the cancer that gets him, it could very well be a minor infection
that his weakened immune system is not able to fight off. When I first
found out about his cancer returning, everything seemed meaningless.
What do we talk about now? How do we catch up on 20 years of not knowing
each other in at best two years?" Click here to read the rest of Melissa's guest blog.
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Guest Blog: Financial Fraud: Top 13 Crimes,
by Brad Reid, Prof. of Law & Ethics
We've greatly admired Brad's articles for the Huffington Post, and asked him to guest blog for prisonist.org.
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"Many years ago I provided commercial banking legal representation
to a bank president. One day, out of the blue, he asked me to backdate
some documents. Thankfully, I declined. Some years after I entered the
academic world, he and the bank's leadership team were convicted of
federal fraud offenses. Additionally, the bank collapsed. A
number of families were devastated. The president was an energetic
businessman and doubtless never imagined this outcome to his career.
What happened? My observation, at a distance, is that he was caught-up
in the emotional high of great success and came to believe that cutting
a few corners was okay because rapid growth would cover any issues.
The "just this once" rationalization is a powerful seduction..." Click here to read the rest of Brad's informative guest blog.
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Donations: Thank You For Your Support & Generosity!
We are grateful for all donations made to our ministries. Donations can be made by Credit Card/PayPal or by sending your check payable to:
"Progressive
Prison Ministries, Inc." P.O. Box 1232, Weston, Connecticut 06883.
We are a CT Religious Corp. with 501(c)(3) status - all donations are
tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Blessings, Jeff & Lynn
Rev. Jeff Grant, Director & Lynn Springer, Founding Advocate
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Contact Information:
If transformation and redemption
matter to you, a friend or a family member with a white-collar or
nonviolent incarceration issue, please contact us and we will
promptly send you an information package by mail, email or via
Dropbox. The darkest days of a person's life can be a time of renewal
and hope.
Prisonist.org: Progressive Prison Project/Innocent Spouse &
Children Project are missions of Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1232
Weston, Connecticut 06883
(o) 203-769-1096
Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div,
Minister/Director
Lynn Springer, Founding Advocate, Innocent Spouses & Children
(m) 203-536-5508
George Bresnan, Advocate, Ex-Pats
(m) 203-609-5088
Jim Gabal, Development
(m) 203-858-2865
Babz Rawls Ivy, Media Contact
(m) 203-645-9278
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