Carter (PDN Admin)'s Blog – September 2008 Archive (3)
Fighting for the Rights of Voters Behind Bars
A coalition of concerned citizens in Alabama is shaking up the GOP with their goal of registering voters in the most unlikely of places - state prisons. A voter registration drive led last week by Rev. Kenny Glasgow, began registering prisoners to vote, a right guaranteed under Alabama's State Constitution, so they could cast absentee ballots. Click here to read more:… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on September 24, 2008 at 10:21pm — No Comments
Heartwarming and Inspirational letter from a prisoner in TX
Greetings!
I am a disabled prisoner serving two life sentences in Texas. I found your address in the back of (a) book... There is no library here at this prison medical unit but the Protestant Christian Chaplain brought in one large book rack plus one rolling book cart...I was fortunate to find Pema Chodron's book! I began reading and studying Buddhist literature a… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on September 17, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Pen Pal Gratitude Poem
Posted with permission from James: a inmate in AL:
The letter you sent me
Filled me with aspiration
Your words lifted me up
With real inspiration
You inspired me to look
Deeper into my soul
To see that life is much better
With the Dharma as my goal
I'm just a beginner
In the Buddhism way
I'm going to do my best
As I live out each… Continue
Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on September 8, 2008 at 4:04pm — No Comments
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PMI's FREE Post-Release Community Meditation & Yoga Class
April 1, 2013 at 4:30pm to July 1, 2013 at 5:45pm – Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
Prison Mindfulness Institute's FREE Post Release / Community Meditation and Yoga class at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence: Every MONDAY, 4:30 - 5:45 with Richard Sylvester a…
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Prison Yoga Teacher Training
June 29, 2013 at 11am to June 30, 2013 at 6pm – California Institute of Integral Studies
The Prison Yoga Project (PYP) in collaboration with the Insight Prison Project is offering a special training at San Francisco’s California Institute of Integral Studies (C.I.I.S.) for yoga teachers…
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Yoga of Recovery Certificate Courses
August 4, 2013 to August 14, 2013 – Yoga Farm, Grass Valley, CA, USA
Yoga Alliance certification CEUs available Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit…
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Path of Freedom Webinar (Autumn)
September 9, 2013 at 7pm to September 26, 2013 at 9pm – Online
With Fleet Maull September 9 - 26 Six Sessions, (Mondays & Thursdays for three weeks) Hope you can join us! Hours for the training are: 7-9pm Eastern 5-7pm Mountain Time 4-6pm Pacific This progr…
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