This has been an exciting year, indeed.  

At IPP, we're thrilled about the unprecedented progress we made in 2016, while also deeply con cerned about the road ahead for social justice and criminal justice reform.  Inspired by our recent successes, and in response to our increasing and shifting concerns for justice, we are doubling-down on our dedication to the work of Insight Prison Project.  

As you plan your year-end giving, we ask that you join us and please consider a gift to help IPP prepare for the coming year and build the capacity to reach more incarcerated people, crime survivors, and community members with this transformative work. Thank you. 

Below check out just a few successes YOU made possible this year!

~ 2016 Year in Review ~
IPP in the Press...

Stories about IPP and the IPP family have been all over the news. Reader's Digest covered the Victim Offender Dialogues of Patty and Siobhan O'Reilly;  KQED aired a special called  Stand Up San Quentin that featured IPP Board, staff, and participants; Global Sisters Report featured the healing work of IPP and Restorative Justice; Leonard Rubio's journey with IPP and Restorative Justice was beautifully featured in Take Part's Big Issues;  and KALW did a story about our friend Watani Stiner and also Ericka Huggins, who was the survivor speaker at IPP's 2012  Beyond the Bars  dinner. Each story is moving and compelling. Check them out at the links above or catch up with all of them on our new blog

The Blog!
Yes, we have a new blog and there are already so many great stories up. Read this post about the movie screening we hosted inside San Quentin with Jennifer Siebel Newsom and the Anti-Defamation League.

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We've added exceptional NEW TEAM MEMBERS

We are happy to announce that, slowly but surely, the IPP family is growing! Martina Lutz-Schneider has come on-board as our Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD) Coordinator. Sarah Calhoun joins us as the Pelican Bay Replication Coordinator. And Devin Patel has accepted the first IPP Fellowship and he will be focusing on new volunteer coordination, development, and communications. You can learn more about Martina, Sarah, and Devin and what they bring to this work here .  
We've Moved! 

We are so excited to have moved into a new space just around the corner from San Quentin State Prison, where IPP provides 20 groups per week to over 300 men. This means staff and volunteers will spend less time in traffic and more time doing the work. Our new physical address and PO Box are listed at the bottom of this email.
Groundbreaking Retreat

We were honored to partner with the Northern California Innocence Project to offer Restorative Justice opportunities for exonerees and victims/family members who have been impacted by wrongful conviction. 
Volunteer of the Year

The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) awarded the Heart of Marin Volunteer of the Year Award to our very own Harriet Whitman Lee. Harriet accepted her award to a thunderous standing ovation from nearly 900 event guests.
Data & Research

University of Washington researchers Professor Katherine Beckett and Martina Kartman are studying the impacts of Restorative Justice practices and working to bring IPP programs to Washington State. The Center for Human Rights supported the research presented in their recent report, Violence, Mass Incarceration and Restorative Justice: Promising Possibilities which offers a deep dive  into the unique and transformative work of Insight Prison Project.
IPP Goes International

IPP was honored to be invited this summer, by USAID and Democracy International, to participate in the first Tertiary Practitioners Exchange Workshop in Honduras. The goal of this convening was to bring providers and program specialists together from Mexico, El Salvador, and the US to offer support to Honduras in creating sustainable re-entry programs for violent youth offenders.
Graduation & Celebration!

We hosted a graduation ceremony for VOEG and Next Step graduates and more than 100 men received graduate certificates for their years of hard work. The energy of the celebration, as one facilitator put it, was "crackling!"  It was an honor to have graduates / former facilitators join us, including Board Member Leonard Rubio, as well as David Belden and Robert Frye. These men are thriving on the outside and came back to San Quentin as beacons of truth and hope.  



The entire team here at IPP has never felt more committed. We have never felt more passion for continuing the work we do inside the walls, or more urgency in bringing that work outside, to all of our communities. And we have never been more appreciative of those who support that work in so many ways. 

In addition to providing training for volunteers, direct services in 15 prisons nationwide, peer-facilitator training to incarcerated people, and giving voice to hundreds of survivors in California, the above reflects just a few of the highlights you made possible this year. THANK YOU for your invaluable support of Insight Prison Project! We're a small nonprofit that exists on private donations, so we make every dollar count and we are deeply grateful for your support, now and always.

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Our new physical address is: 2171 East Francisco Blvd, San Rafael, CA, 94901
Our new PO Box is: PO Box 29, San Quentin, CA, 94964
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