Events, Featured Article
Concord Prison Outreach, a nonprofit that offers programs focusing on education, personal growth and increased opportunity for incarcerated people, is sponsoring holiday gift bags this season, according to a community announcement.
Book Reviews
Amidst the crisis of pandemic, which—because of the same racist policies Kendi outlines in his book—disproportionately affects Black and Brown lives, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd were murdered.
Events
Thanks to the First Parish in Bedford, MA, for kicking off the spring with assembling 64 backpacks in our WelcomePack program.
CPO Podcast
Join CPO’s Board Chair, Liz Rust, along with special guests Osa Osagie, Ellie DiMauro, Hema Narayan, and Carley Castro as they discuss Women’s History Month.
Events, Photo Galleries
The Concord Prison Outreach family of Staff, Advisory Board, and Volunteers recently gathered to celebrate the season with a joyful Holiday party and a spirited Yankee Swap that brought plenty of laughter and a few surprises.
Events, Photo Galleries
Each gift bag is a reminder that there are people “outside the walls” who think of their incarcerated neighbors and wish them a better future, both while they are in prison and after release.
In The News
Concord Prison Outreach, a nonprofit that offers programs focusing on education, personal growth and increased opportunity for incarcerated people, is sponsoring holiday gift bags this season, according to a community announcement.
CPO Podcast
Join CPO’s Executive Director, Sam Williams, along with special guests Osa Osagie, Liz Rust, and Joe Palumbo, as they discuss Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity.
Events, In The News
CPO’s Annual Community Gathering — Leaving No One Behind October 22, 2025 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent Annual Community Gathering at the Concord
CPO Podcast
Listen to CPO’s Executive Director, Sam Williams, along with special guests Jay Johnson and Ed Jordan, as they discuss the transformative power that prison education can have both inside and beyond prison.
Events
Join the Robbins House on the 4th of July from 10-12 as they read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?” Free and open to the public, audience participation is encouraged, cookies and lemonade will be served.
Featured Article
Join the Robbins House on the 4th of July from 10-12 as they read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?” Free and open to the public, audience participation is encouraged, cookies and lemonade will be served.
CPO Podcast
Listen as Sam Williams and guest Harry Bartlett explore the legacy of Malcolm X through the lens of his experience with incarceration and education in prison.
Featured Article, In The News
Concord Prison Outreach has been selected as a recipient of a Cummings Foundation grant, receiving $150,000 over the next three years. This remarkable investment in our work is both an honor and a powerful vote of confidence in the programs we deliver behind prison walls.
Events, Photo Galleries
On April 19, 2025, Concord marked a major milestone—the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Concord and Lexington, where the American fight for independence began.
Events, In The News
Worship service at First Parish of Sudbury Unitarian Universalist Sunday, April 13 with Mr. Sam Williams: “Other Side of Hope”
CPO Podcast
In this emotional episode of the Concord Prison Outreach Podcast, Executive Director Sam Williams and Board Chair Liz Rust share their personal poems and book excerpts from their own incarcerations.
CPO Podcast
Episode Four Podcast: Restorative Justice December 12, 2024 Host Sam Williams is joined by Board Chair and volunteer Liz Rust, along with restorative
Events, In The News, Photo Galleries
Building Connections: CPO at St. Matthew’s Festival of Sharing and Hancock Church’s Holiday Fair Over the weekend, CPO staff and board members represented Concord
CPO Podcast
Episode Three Podcast: Heartfelt Stories from Our Family Programming Volunteers We’re thrilled to announce the release of the third episode of Concord Prison
Events, In The News, Photo Galleries
Sam Williams Receives Beyond Excellence Award from Massachusetts DOC Yesterday, Sam Williams, CPO Executive Director, was honored by the Massachusetts Department of Correction at their Beyond Excellence Awards presentation
CPO Podcast
Episode Two Podcast: Holiday Giftbags We’re thrilled to announce the release of the second episode of Concord Prison Outreach’s podcast! Sam Williams and
Events, Featured Article, In The News
Thank You for a Wonderful Community Event We want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us for our Annual Community Event:
CPO Podcast
Check Out CPO's new Podcast! Concord Prison Outreach is thrilled to announce the launch of our very own podcast! Join us as we dive into meaningful
Events, In The News, Photo Galleries
Sam Williams Featured in 200th Anniversary of Lafayette's Farewell Tour On September 2nd, 2024, The Wright Tavern and the Racial Justice Group at
Events, In The News
CPO Co-Sponsors Family Holiday Event at MCI-Concord's B.R.A.V.E Unit On April 16, 2024, MCI-Concord's B.R.A.V.E Unit hosted a family holiday event featuring activities
In The News
CPO Executive Director, Sam Williams, Highlighted in Article "BU Marks 50 Years of Changing Lives behind Bars" Concord Prison Outreach's Executive Director, Sam Williams, was
In The News
Concord Prison Outreach Sponsors Back to School Backpacks for Middlesex Sheriff's Office In partnership with the Middlesex Sheriff's Office, Concord Prison Outreach provided 40 back-to-school backpacks
In The News
For Prisoners: The Power of Writing Sam Williams Featured in Boston Globe Check out CPO Executive Director's, Sam Williams, feature in the recent Boston Globe Article
Featured Article
In an open letter on the question of language, Eddie Ellis, founder of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, invites us to use humanizing language when referring to people with criminal records. In his words...
Making An Impact
An interview one of our longest standing and highly contributing volunteers, Win Wilbur.
Making An Impact
In January 2022, Jenn Albanese interviewed Karen Baratta, Board Chair of CPO and longtime volunteer about her time volunteering with CPO.
Making An Impact
Interview with CPO board member, Osamagbe Osagie On July 27, Hannah Zack had the opportunity to interview CPO board member, Osamagbe Osagie. Hannah: How
Book Reviews
You may feel like you have consumed more information on Covid-19 than you’d like, but Apollo’s Arrow gives both an opportunity to consider how our society has been changed by Covid-19 and reassurance that someday we will see the virus in our rear view mirror.
In The News
On October 1, Executive Director Kaia Stern drove to the DOC offices in Milford with some very large boxes. Bursting from these boxes were 30 backpacks, containing CPO’s first delivery of our WELCOMEBACKpack program.
In The News
CPO Programming Recognized as Providing Community Health Benefits In April, CPO was awarded a Community Benefits grant from Emerson Hospital. In a year when public health
Book Reviews
Shaka Senghor offers a deeply inspiring memoir that illuminates the connection between poverty, neglect, trauma, race, and the prison industrial index. He bounces back and forth through time, from his life on the streets as a 14-year-old drug dealer to the nineteen years he experienced on the inside of an American prison.
In The News
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Book Reviews
Police brutality has become a front and center topic of public discussion with the violent killings of blacks all over the news. But this is not “news.” Video and images capturing unwarranted use of force are a wake up call. But, in truth, this call has been sounded for over 400 years, and many of us have pressed the “snooze button.”
Book Reviews
The selection of Life and Death in Rikers Island is important and timely as we are in the midst of alarmingly high COVID-19 rates across the country, especially in prisons.
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