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Freedom Project is a non-profit that works to heal the trauma and dismantle the impacts caused by the mass incarceration system. We do work inside prisons, reentry, and the broader community to support the people and communities who are most impacted. Want to know more about Freedom Project and ways that you can be involved? Join us to learn about the people, programs and purpose of this community-directed organization. Learn about our vision and framing, community collaborations and what it takes to become a Freedom Project volunteer (in prison, the office, or community).

PREREQUISITE: “How We See People: Anti-Oppression / Mass Incarceration Workshop” Polishing our racial equity lens in ongoing work. The more we do the work, the more we build the strength, resilience and capacity to keep examining our biases, deepening our awareness, and showing up in ways that reduce harm and increase connection. Whether we are overvalued or undervalued by the systems around us, we’ve all got work to do to as we take our awareness of our social identities into our work and life. “How We Show Up” is an ongoing series of community-building workshops that support us in seeing

How do we see people? What’s the impact on others? What lenses do we see through and where do these lenses come from? How are *we* seen? Whether we are overvalued or undervalued by society, the ways that we are seen are influenced by multiple systems, histories, experiences and institutions. This workshop seeks to explain the systems and institutions that shape the ways we see ourselves and others so that we can be more accountable for the impacts: internalized racial superiority, internalized racial inferiority, prejudice, fear and discrimination towards folks with conviction histories. Through practice, experience and discussion, we will