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Incarcerated Pen Pal Holiday Card | Dare To Care

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Beautiful Beings, Bienvenido, Greetings!

Around the Winter holidays it is common to connect with our loved ones. It is especially important that we remember our loved ones that society leaves behind, forgets, and attempts to make disappear, inside prison walls. We want our community members who have been incarcerated to be shown that they are thought of and valuable.

We encourage you to take a few moments this Winter to write to a pen pal who has been incarcerated. You may even make it a family, annual or holiday event in your home! You can find resources for writing to incarcerated pen pals in this blog post. If you like, you can use this card (image below).

Collage with a blue background and sky, some green landscape and leaves, blue-purple roses, a diagram of the human body with parts named in Espanol, greyscale sketches of flowering plants with some lables. Words say "Justice across Communties; Something I'm constantly thinking about is, how do we find release and how do we cultivate joy? How do we live and love despite (or in spite) of our trauma?; Representation; Hey Billiant Essential Transcend,"
Collage with a blue background and sky, some green landscape and leaves, blue-purple roses, a diagram of the human body with parts named in Espanol, greyscale sketches of flowering plants with some labels. Words say “Justice across Communities; Something I’m constantly thinking about is, how do we find release and how do we cultivate joy? How do we live and love despite (or in spite) of our trauma?; Representation; Hey Brilliant Essential Transcend,”

Amplify Your Solidarity

Confused what a letter or pen pal is!? Here are other ways to support inmates. Donate to and share these fundraisers in support of community members, Geremy Sledge and Sekou Odinga. Geremy is an artist and activist, up for parole in 2024 after 20 years in prison. Geremy is not allowed to speak to the parole board directly, and is only allowed an attorney to advocate for him, making financial support critical.. Sekou Odinga is a Afro liberation activist who spent 33 years in state captivity for his organizing work with the Black Panther Party. Sekou Odinga is now experiencing serious health complications, you can support his recovery here.

Want to learn more? Read about Prison Sign Language here.

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At the Leadership Summit we gather around a tan wooden table. An aerial view of hands and one torso and head
At the Leadership Summit we gather around a tan wooden table. An aerial view of hands and one torso and head

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