NEW FEATURED STORY
The PACER Program: Hope, Education, and Transformation
by Amanda Ridner
Posted August 2010
In this third of a three-part series RED!'s Amanda Ridner explores the history, the people and the progress of the innovative PACER program. PACER is a forum for men of varying ages to reflect deeply on their lives during their incarceration in county jail, and to hopefully create a platform for pursuing better and healthier life choices once they are released from incarceration. Providing hope, transformation, and innovation, the PACER program at the Hamilton County Justice Center has become a pro-active family of brothers for all those who take part. Read part 3 now.
MORE FEATURE STORIES
Five for Filmmaker Kurt Tuffendsam
August 2010
Kurt Tuffendsam is a friend and filmmaker RED! editor Jeffrey Hillard recently spent time with in Hollywood. In emotional and spiritual support, RED! is now partnering with his organization MissionRise.org. Kurt is going into Mexico prisons with a uniquely annointed innovator, Pastor Esteban, who himself was formerly incarcerated. Read about the miraculous things happening in Mexico.
Karyn Alexander Signs Memoir:
Mad at God
Posted August 2010
RED! columnist Karyn Alexander's new memoir, Mad at God: Coming Full Circle from Anger to Solid Faith has just been published. Karyn recently signed copies of her second memoir, a sequel to her award-winning first book, Familiar Spirits, which chronicles her miraculous triumph over fear, doubt, personal hardship, and her establishing Winfield House in Augusta, Kentucky.
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•Hunger Walk 2010 - Slide Show July 2010
•Kairos retreat inside prison rejuvenates faith by Stephanie Brokaw June 2010
•Mama Ruth: On a mission to serve by Brenda Huff May 2010
•One of Shiloh's Gang — Chris by Karyn Alexander May 2010
•PACER —Personal achievement thru Choices Empowering Re-entry May 2010
FAST TRACK
Stephanie Brokaw on Kairos in Prison
Posted June 21, 2010
RED! writer, Stephanie Brokaw, shares her perceptions of her first visit to a prison when she met the Kairos participants and observed the graduation ceremony at the Lebanon Correctional Institution. Don't miss her full feature story about the prison Kairos experience.
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DEPARTMENTS
•Four by Bob Shacohcis
•Bill Lambers on Food for Haiti
•Interview with Sister Helen Prejean
•Interview with Sasha Appatova
Turn It - [reviews, multi-media]
•Brenda Huff on Ruth Kelly and Reformers Unanimous
•A.D. Ceasar provides update on Sonje Ayiti's efforts in Haiti
•RED! Publisher and Editor, Jeffrey Hillard, speaks to the Hamilton High Twelve Club #414 - slide show
•Arden Ray High on the Promise Keepers Rally Outside the Walls-Video
The Zone - [resources by region]
PHASING UP [news]
•Calendars
Updated April 2010
Partners with Justice posts May Calendar of free group meetings.
Updated April 2010
The Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC) announces its August Calendar of free legal counsel locations.
Links to other important stories:
•Community-Based Programs Yield Treatment Success for Sex Offenders
prnewswire.com
•Publising Insiders Wrap-up: A Self-Publishing Success Story
Author Marketing Experts
•Lawmakers might scrap or revamp state jail system
statesman.com
•A reading dilemma
The Right to Remain Silent
AltoonaMirror.com
•New NV laws target school bullying, crime tracking
Las Vegas Sun
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Jeffrey Hillard
RED! Publisher and Editor
News from
Sonje Ayiti and Haiti
Adrick Ceasar witnesses hope in Haiti
Adrick Ceasar, media relations director for Sonje Ayiti, traveled to Cap Hatien, Haiti, in May to the organization's headquarters in Limonade. He witnessed the hope, transformation, and restoration that Sonje Ayiti is helping provide to the people of northern Haiti. Sonje Ayiti is assisting in medical help, as well as expanding its educational and entrepreneurial outreach. RED! is partnering with the organization to bring you latest information.Go to full-size complete slide show.
Want to know more about Sonje Ayiti? Read the Sonje Ayitit fact sheet.
View more stories, slide shows and videos of Sonje Ayiti's work.
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P.A.C.E. High School—Dropout recovery and prevention school in Cincinnati.
UMADAOP—Cincinnati
Urban Minority Alcohol and Drug Abuse Outreach Program
Partners with Justice
A Support Network for Parents & Supporters of Incarcerated Children
COLUMNS
The Streets
Paulette Lewis
Voice of the Nations
Karyn Alexander
My Time
Melissa Vanover
Looking Outward
Angela Derrick
ACTION WORDS
Essays, poetry and art by inmates
©2010 by Jimmy Brown
Many people believe it is hard to change. Some even believe it is impossible because they don’t think they can learn new ways of thinking and living. They believe they are so entrenched in their lifestyle that there’s no getting out. Some believe that even if they try to change they won’t be accepted by others because of their past. . . by Johnny Harvey
I come to you from North Central Correctional Institution in Marion, Ohio. I’m 26 years old and have been a believer in Jesus, My Lord since I was 15 years of age. My life has not been a good one, as some would say, and that I don’t believe. . . by Jeremiah Barton
Now when I cry I know why - a poem by Owen Hobbs