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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights |
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UC Books to Prisoners Packathon this Saturday |
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by UC Books to Prisoners Project
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11 Nov 2004
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The UC Books to Prisoners Project will be packing books to send to prisoners this Saturday. |
The UC Books to Prisoners Project will be hosting a Packathon this
Saturday.
When: this Saturday, November 13, at 3 pm
Where: at the Independent Media Center (218 W. Main - Urbana)
What: We will be packing up books to send to prisoners!
Who we are:
To address the poor selection of books available in many prison libraries, to help, to encourage literacy, to share our enthusiasm for literature, because it is fun, and to educate ourselves and the public about life in
prison, we open letters from prisoners, pick out one or two books for them that best meet their needs, and write them back. We also encourage pen pal relations with prisoners.
We feel that this is really valuable work, but the number of organizers in this collective is really small at the moment. We are hoping that this packathon will not only accomplish the goal of sending books out to prisoners, but will also attract more people to the collective. |
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