| Welcome to PBP's First e-Newsletter |
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Prison Book Program's e-newsletter. We are excited to be able to regularly share all of the exciting PBP happenings with our volunteers, friends and supporters. Please let us know what you think! Send your comments to info@prisonbookprogram.org.
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| 2008 - A Record Setting Year |
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 WE'VE SENT OUT OVER 4300 PACKAGES IN 2008. THAT'S NEARLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR!
Help us continue our record-setting pace by making an online donation today. Every $3 allows us to send a package of books to another prisoner. Donate today! 
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| Film Screening |
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What I Want My Words to Do to You: Women's Voices from Inside
Friday June 27, 7:00pm
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Join us for this powerful film which focuses on a writing group led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Ensler's classes have given birth to a powerful writing community in which women from strikingly different strata of society, all of whom are serving long sentences, help each other tell their stories.
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| Our Wishlist |
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 Books - Most Needed
- Dictionaries
- GED Prep
- How to start and run a small business
Click here to see the entire list of books we need.
Other
- Tyvek Envelopes
- Laptop Computer - Pentium M or better - Desktop Computer - Pentium M or better
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| Prisoner Writing |
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I Don't Know Why
I don't know why
Grown men still refuse
to cry.
Holding on to the pain that the father before felt
and providing tomorrow's youth
with a whole lot of abuse
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Recent Requests |
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| From a prisoner in Terre Haute, IN
"Myself and other inmate electricians will study every page. I teach both female and male inmates electric & electronics. Several are now working on the streets as electricians."
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