Peace + Justice

A few ideas to get us started!

• Sharing and creating content about P+J on our social media channels.
• Leaning into the more challenging/uncomfortable justice conversations with family members

Show up everywhere as a peace ambassador, make eye contact and smile at everyone you pass in your daily walk, in your place of work, in the grocery store and convenienece store. It matters.

Seek out volunteering opportunities at your local jail or prison. I’ve been volunteering at San Quentin State Prison for the last three years. Before the pandemic I was going in every week to work with the men who wrote and published the San Quentin News, a print and digital publication with 35,000 circulation around the country.

Going in and working with the men each week is an important part of their rehabilitation, helping them develop social skills that they’ll need when they return to the community - which 90% of them will do (most people don’t realize this is the case, even for those with life sentences). It also raised my awareness about social justice and how difficult it is for many of these men who were raised in extremely difficult circumstances to avoid getting involved in risky activities that eventually led to their incarceration.

Since I started doing this work I’ve told many others about it, sharing how eye-opening it’s been for me in terms of completely changing my perception of who the incarcerated are and what we as a society should be doing to prepare them for their eventual release. This is how I promote peace and justice.

@Tom Short that sounds very impactful, what a way to 'reach out in service'!

@Maggie Osborn a simple gesture like friendly body language can indeed go a long ways!

Thanks for sharing!

I show up in spaces that promote peace and love to our communities and bring love from my heart

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