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Living Hope: A New Essay on Second Chances and Freedom by Richie Marra

February 15, 2022
What does it mean to live with a death by incarceration sentence? And how do people serving such sentences try to effect positive change so they may...
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The Evans Brothers Speak Out About Coming Home and Second Chances

February 7, 2022
Recently we got to catch up with Reid and Wyatt Evans, two clients of Amistad Law Project, who came home last year after 40 years of incarceration...
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Listen to Move It Forward Season 1 on WPPM 106.5 FM in February and March

February 5, 2022
We’re excited to re-launch of our podcast Move It Forward on WPPM PhillyCAM community radio! Tune in to 106.5 FM or go to PhillyCAM's website in...
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February 17th: Ask PA District Attorneys to Support Elder Parole Now!

January 30, 2022
Over 8,200 people in Pennsylvania are sentenced to life without parole or ‘virtual’ life without parole sentences that ensure they will die in prison...
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Free Them to Heal Us Gets People Organized, Builds the Movement

January 27, 2022
2021 was a big year for Free Them To Heal Us. First emerging in April of 2020 in response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Free Them To Heal Us...