Progressive Prison Project/
Innocent Spouse & Children Project
Faith & Dignity for the Days Ahead
White-Collar Ministry
I Advocacy I Service
The first ministry in the United States
created to provide confidential support and counseling to individuals,
families and organizations with white-collar and other nonviolent
incarceration issues.
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Blog: After Trauma:
The Time For Spiritual Growth
By Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
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 here to read this article.
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Radio: We will be interviewed on Real Life Real Faith Radio
We will be interviewed by Cheryl Lacey Donovan on her Real Life Real Faith radio show. Click
here
to listen via live stream on the air date, May 10, 2016, or the archived show anytime thereafter.
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Radio: We will be interviewed by Babz Rawls Ivy on her show, FM 103.5, WNHH, New Haven, CT
We have been invited back by Babz Rawls Ivy to appear on her Love Talk radio show, May 20, 2016, 10 am. Please listen in if you are in the New Haven area, or click
here
to listen via live stream on the air date or the archived show anytime thereafter.
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Fifth Letter from Prison:
A New Light Shining, by
Lee Gutierrez, Guest Blogger
This is the fifth letter of Lee's from
prison that we're publishing with his permission. He wrote it from from a
new prison, during which transfer we were unable to communicate. Lee's
first four letters were among the most read posts ever on
prisonist.org. To read Lee's guest blog please click
here.
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Grant: ABCUSA Has Awarded Us A Grant To Help Struggling Families. 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. 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 here for more information.
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Article: Our Ministries Featured in The Hour
To read Jeff Eydt's powerful article for The Hour of March 26, 2016, "Ministry Counsels People Who Committed White-Collar Crimes," please click here.
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Event: 8 State Re-Entry Reintegration Conference
Please join us on May 6 & 7, 2016
in Stony Point, NY at this two-day faith-based conference centered on
the trauma of incarceration as it relates to jobs, housing and family
reintegration. We will be leading a white-collar breakout session.
Organized, underwritten and sponsored by the Prison Ministry Network of
the Synod of the Northeast of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Information: kent.mckamy@gmail.com. Click here to register.
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Event: Family ReEntry Spring Event At Grace Farms. Keynote By NY Times Best-Selling Author, Shaka Senghor!
Please join us on Fri.,
June 10, 2016,
at Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT, for "An Evening Focused On Advancing
Justice In Our Community," keynote by NY Times best-selling author who
survived seven years in solitary confinement, Shaka Senghor, to benefit
Family ReEntry (Jeff is on the Board of Family ReEntry) and the
Connecticut Legal Rights Project. For information and sponsorship
opportunities, please click here or contact Milena Kotara,203-290-0863, milenakotara@familyreentry.org.
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Save The Date: Methodist Reentry Symposium
We will be panelists at
the United Methodist New York Annual Conference Board of Church and
Society presents "I Was in Prison and You..." on Sat., Oct. 1, 2016, 9:30 am - 4 pm at the Grace United Methodist Church, 125 West 104th Street, New York, NY. Please join us. Click here for more information.
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Article: Forbes Article About Our Ministries: "A New Class Of White-Collar Victims, The Family."
Read Walt Pavlo's article
about our ministries and the successful resolution of our lead case -
the first time in United States history that an innocent spouse has been
compensated after her personal assets were wrongfully seized by the
government. This was the largest Federal financial crimes case in the
history of the State in which this matter was prosecuted. We are honored
and grateful to have been of service to this family. Click here for Forbes article.
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We are the first ministry in the
United States created to provide confidential support and counseling to
individuals, families and organizations with white-collar and other
nonviolent incarceration issues. Please click here for our full information package.
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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.
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, Director
jgrant@prisonist.org
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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