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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Cell Phone Recycling
T-Mobile will take ANY cell phone and recycle it!
From their website, www.t-mobile.com/handsetrecycling:
Recycle your old phone to protect the environment and support charities.
Give your old wireless phone new meaning with T-Mobile's Handset Recycling Program. The program promotes the recycling and reuse of old wireless devices that might otherwise end up in landfills or incinerators--and 100% of the net proceeds from handset recycling now benefit the charitable efforts of the T-Mobile Huddle Up program.
Learn more about T-Mobile Huddle Up.
From their website, www.t-mobile.com/handsetrecycling:
Recycle your old phone to protect the environment and support charities.
Give your old wireless phone new meaning with T-Mobile's Handset Recycling Program. The program promotes the recycling and reuse of old wireless devices that might otherwise end up in landfills or incinerators--and 100% of the net proceeds from handset recycling now benefit the charitable efforts of the T-Mobile Huddle Up program.
Learn more about T-Mobile Huddle Up.
Prison Ministries
This is it --> Prison Ministry.Net is an International Directory of 4,014 Prison Ministries!
Of the 4,014 prison ministries, of course most are in the U.S. -- 3,481.
I'm really glad to find this site. I had no idea there were that many prison ministries; it's really very heart warming to see.
I highly recommend reading about the Board of Directors who it looks like were all former inmates. Very impressive. But, I must warn you, you'll need your kleenex.
Of the 4,014 prison ministries, of course most are in the U.S. -- 3,481.
I'm really glad to find this site. I had no idea there were that many prison ministries; it's really very heart warming to see.
I highly recommend reading about the Board of Directors who it looks like were all former inmates. Very impressive. But, I must warn you, you'll need your kleenex.
Prison Reform
I am finding it very difficult to find successful prison reform, which saddens me greatly. What I am looking for are programs that are working. What I have found is information about what will work, but not anywhere where it IS working aside from prison ministries which do not address key elements for reform, but do have a great impact.
I am not totally discouraged, because knowing what will work is part of the process.
What will work? It seems that education, job training, drug treatment and mental health treatment will work in prison and in poor neighborhoods.
The problems are: prisons produce and exacerbate a large population of mental illness, the continued and growing use of drugs, gang activity and violence. And the problem is not just with the prisoners, it's also with the guards and prison employees. Of course there are exceptions, but the entire community should not be overlooked.
Part of the solution is eliminating criminal activity before prison especially in the low income neighborhoods which are mostly Afican-American and Hispanic.
Prison ministries are effective for some prisoners and I applaud them. But, what about the mentally ill and those who are on drugs or who refuse prison ministry help?
Although I applaud prison ministries, it's just not enough. A new paradigm is needed to stop the insanity of solitary confinement, incarcerating the mentally ill, cowering to gangs and on and on.
Ok, enough soap box. I'll do a special post on current prison ministries and the few prison related organizations that shed light and do some good.
I am not totally discouraged, because knowing what will work is part of the process.
What will work? It seems that education, job training, drug treatment and mental health treatment will work in prison and in poor neighborhoods.
The problems are: prisons produce and exacerbate a large population of mental illness, the continued and growing use of drugs, gang activity and violence. And the problem is not just with the prisoners, it's also with the guards and prison employees. Of course there are exceptions, but the entire community should not be overlooked.
Part of the solution is eliminating criminal activity before prison especially in the low income neighborhoods which are mostly Afican-American and Hispanic.
Prison ministries are effective for some prisoners and I applaud them. But, what about the mentally ill and those who are on drugs or who refuse prison ministry help?
Although I applaud prison ministries, it's just not enough. A new paradigm is needed to stop the insanity of solitary confinement, incarcerating the mentally ill, cowering to gangs and on and on.
Ok, enough soap box. I'll do a special post on current prison ministries and the few prison related organizations that shed light and do some good.
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