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Significant Outcomes: Since Jan. 2015, We have Served Over 85 Individuals and 35 Families in 25 States:
Since Jan. 2015, we have served individuals and families in twenty-five states, including:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
We typically communicate with these
individuals and families before, during and upon reentry from prison in
person or by phone, email, Skype, FaceTime, GoToMeeting or, if in a
Federal prison, via CorrLinks. Please click image for our information package.
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News: We Have Started A White-Collar/Nonviolent
Online Support Group -
the first in the country
If you have been convicted of a white-collar or nonviolent
crime and have served your sentence, please consider joining our online
white-collar/nonviolent support group. We hold our weekly group
meeting on Tuesdays, 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5 pm
Pacific. For more information please click image.
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Article: Our Ministry Featured in Business Insider
Rachael Levy wrote a powerful article about our ministry,
"This is what it's like when the 1% go to jail, according to a couple
that ministers to their families." Publication date: July 27, 2016. Click image to read article.
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Blog: After Trauma: The Time for Spiritual Growth
So many of us are in a place where our first life has come to
an end. A divorce, the death of a child or other loved one, loss of a
job or career, alcohol and drug problems that finally crushed us,
financial issues that overwhelmed our ability to be present for
ourselves and our families, an illness or mental illness,
hospitalization, poor judgment that has caused rampant legal problems,
incarceration. Click image to read Jeff Grant's article for prisonist.org
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Guest Blog: Shouldn't Criminal Defense Lawyers Prepare Clients for Prison?
Jay Berger, a former lawyer who served time in a
Federal prison, makes a compelling case urging the white-collar defense
bar to prepare their clients for prison. Click image to read Lee's
article on prisonist.org.
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Guest Blog: White-Collar Prison Consultants: Let the Buyer Beware
Jack Donson is one
of the few prison consultants who we have found to be ethical and
trustworthy. Click image to read his article on the ways in which
unscrupulous consultants hurt vulnerable individuals and families.
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Video: We Were Interviewed By Jennifer Crumpton for the Huffington Post
Please click image to watch our June 7, 2016 video interview with Jennifer Crumpton, author of the book Femmevangelical, and religion columnist for The Huffington Post and Patheos.
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Event: We Will Speak and Host a White-Collar Work Session at the Methodist Reentry Symposium in NYC
We will speak and lead a white-collar breakout session on Sat., Oct. 1, 2106
at the United Methodist New York Annual Conference Board of Church and
Society presents "I Was in Prison and You..." at the Grace United
Methodist Church, 125 West 104th Street, New York, NY. Please join us.
Click image for more information.
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Cover Story: Jeff Featured in Men of Faith Magazine
Click image to read Men of Faith Magazine:
Interview with Rev. Jeff Grant, by Hurley Morgan, Senior Managing Editor (pg.8 - 11). We are so grateful to Elissa Gabrielle, Cheryl Lacey Donovan, Hurley Morgan, Cee Cee H. Caldwell Miller
and all at Real Life Real Faith Media for allowing us the opportunity
to reach out to individuals and families with white-collar and
nonviolent incarceration issues who are suffering in silence. Issue
release date May 18, 2016.
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Article: Lynn Featured in Women Walking By Faith Magazine
Click image to read the Women Walking By Faith May/June Edition, Women's Ministry/Organization Highlight: "A Chat With Lynn Springer (pg. 24-25). Issue release date May 16, 2016.
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Grant: ABCUSA Has Awarded Us A Grant To Help Struggling Families & For College Scholarships. Apply Now!
We are so grateful to the American Baptist Churches
USA for awarding us a Matthew 25 $2000 grant to provide one-time
stipends to individuals or families with white-collar or nonviolent
incarceration issues to be used for short-term expenses and for college
scholarships. Please feel free to email us if you require assistance.
The funds will be administered by Jeff's Supervising Minister, Rev. Hopeton Scott of the First Baptist Church of Bridgeport. Click image for more information.
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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.
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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.
Blessings, כן, מאוד
Jeff & Lynn
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
Jeff Grant, JD, M Div, 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
Faith & Dignity for the Days Ahead
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