THE PEOPLE IN BLUE
FRIENDS OF
The Friends of The People in Blue (TPIB) is an organization of community members who help provide resources to incarcerated individuals across CA State Prisons.
We are focused on partnering with healing groups and organizations that are incarcerated run, specifically partnering with The People in Blue out of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Friends of TPIB is fiscally sponsored by The Social Good Fund with hopes of becoming a 501c3 in the future. We choose healing over harm!
Our Mission + Vision
Friends of TPIB elevates the work of incarcerated individuals creating transformative healing environments in prison communities and making a living amends to victim/survivors of crime.We envision a world where incarcerated individuals can work together with the outside community towards the common goal of increasing public safety.
!["On a Saturday afternoon [in April], 17 incarcerated fathers in black tuxedos at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center watched their beautiful daughters in dresses walk down a long strip of red carpet. The fathers tied corsages around their daughters’ wrists and escorted them inside a first-of-its-kind Parenting Prom at the prison.
The prison chapel was converted into a ballroom with huge black drapes, colorful lighting and an illuminated dance floor. There were 25 daughters, ranging from ages 7 to 27. Correctional officers, guardians, mothers, and volunteers cheered as each reunion took place. Some people were in tears.
In order to participate in the Parenting Prom, each incarcerated father had to graduate from an eight-week family communication workshop, created by Tam Nguyen, a member of TPIB who has been incarcerated for 22 years..." -Steve Brooks, Bay City News.
Read more at the link in our bio.
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