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Mission Statement

Cedar Tree, Inc. transforms lives through reading and writing. We conduct literary workshops in prisons, detention centers, community centers, and schools for at-risk youth. Our mission is to offer under-served communities the tools to overcome obstacles to learning. Drawing on participants' life-based experiences, Cedar Tree, Inc. workshops change lives forever.


 


Links

 

Poetry/Publishers:

Jimmy Santiago Baca.com

Jimmy on PoetryPoetry.com

Grove/Atlantic Press

New Directions Publishing

Jason Yurcic Yurcic.com

Heidi Patton  myspace.com/risenandshining 

Documentary Film Production:

New Future Productions gbaca86@gmail.com

Prison Policy/Reform:

John Jay College Prisoner Reentry Institute

The Sentencing Project

The Prison Policy Initiative

Prisonsucks.com

Temple University Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

The Bard Prison Initiative

Meditation in Prison:

Vipassana Meditation Courses for Correction Facilities

Writing in Prison:

Pen American Center Prison Writing Program

The Real Cost of Prisons Project

Books Through Bars