Concord Prison Outreach

Introductory Prison Volunteer Workshop
2023-11-12 14:00 - 16:30 UTC | West Concord Union Church, 1317 Main Street, Concord, MA, 01742
REGISTER HEREIntroductory Prison Volunteer Workshop: Train the Trainer Workshop Series
Join us for a dynamic session that equips you with the essential tools and knowledge to excel in prison education. Whether you’re new to this field or seeking to enhance your skills, this training is designed for you. This workshop is open to all volunteers interested in any type of programming.
Leading the workshop will be Donna Heidemann, a seasoned Social Studies Teacher with 30+ years of experience. Donna is a passionate advocate for education within the prison system. As a dedicated volunteer with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections and the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction, Donna is a prominent figure in Restorative Justice, Social Justice, Mentoring, and Social Emotional Learning.
Through this workshop, you will:

Learn the fundamentals of teaching in a prison environment
Discover best practices to maximize impact
Gain insights into connecting with incarcerated learners
Explore the unique challenges and opportunities of prison education

Space is limited, register now for free here!
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Humane Incarceration: A Panel Discussion
2023-11-06 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St, Concord, 01742, United States
HUMAN INCARCERATION
A PANEL DISCUSSION
Exploring ways to improve the health and quality of life of the people incarcerated in the Commonwealth and those preparing of reentry into our communities.
PANELISTS
Sam Williams
Executive Director
Concord Prison Outreach
Simon Cataldo
Mass .State Representative
14th Middlesex District
Priscilla Sousa
Mass. State Representative
6th Middlesex District
Chris Worrell
Mass. State Representative
5th Suffolk District
Nancy Bettinger
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
Diane Proctor
League of Women Voters of Concord-Carlisle
7:00PM-8:30PM
Monday November 6, 2023
Goodwin Forum
Concord Free Public Library
129 Main St. Concord, MA 01742

Holiday Dinner Food Drive
2023-11-06 11:00 - 2023-11-09 15:00 (America/New_York) | Concord Prison Outreach, 100 Main Street, Suite 130, Concord, 01742, United States
CONCORD PRISON OUTREACH PRESENTS
HOLIDAY DINNER FOOD DRIVE
Join CPO in providing a meal for families impacted by incarceration this holiday season. We are collecting non-perishable food items, and you can also sponsor a turkey or ham for a family in need.
We are in need of the following items:

Canned Cranberry Sauce
Canned Green Beans
Canned Yams
Canned Corn
Canned or Jarred Gravy
Boxed Stuffing Mix
Fresh Potatoes

Food will be collected on: November 6-9, 2023 11AM-3PM
Food drop-off location: 100 Main Street, Suite 130 Concord, MA 01742

Documentary Film Viewing and Discussion
2023-09-30 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
Concord Prison Outreach Presents
Documentary Film Viewing and Discussion
26.2 TO LIFE IS A NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT TELLS THE STORY OF INCARCERATED MEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE 1000 MILE CLUB, THE PRISON’S LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING CLUB. THE BONDS THEY FORGE ON THE TRACK CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT TRANSCENDS PRISON POLITICS AND EXTENDS BEYOND THE PRISON WALLS. 26.2 TO LIFE IS A STORY OF TRANSFORMATION AND SECOND CHANCES.
September 30, 2023
6:00PM-8:00PM
TRICON CHURCH
50 WALDEN STREET, CONCORD, MA

Changing Lives Together
2023-09-21 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
Concord Prison Outreach Presents Our Annual Community Event
Changing Lives Together
Join us for a time of recognition and appreciation.
TRICON CHURCH
54 Walden St, Concord, MA
September 21, 2023
6PM-8PM
Food and refreshments will be provided.

Changing Lives Together: CPO Annual Community Event
2023-09-21 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
Concord Prison Outreach’s Annual Community Event: Changing Lives Together
Concord Prison Outreach invites you to our Annual Community Event: Changing Lives Together. We recognize that without our incredible network of volunteers, donors, and community supporters, we wouldn’t be able to achieve our mission and make a positive impact in our community. Your dedication and passion have made a significant difference, and we want to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude. Food and refreshments will be available. All are welcome!
Date: Thursday, September 21st, 2023
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA
Please contact outreach@concordprisonoutreach.org with any questions.
We hope to see you there!
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Finding Hope Within - Museum Exhibit at the Rokeby Museum Featuring Art From Students at MCI-Shirley and North Central Correction Center
2023-08-10 - 2023-10-14 | Rokeby Museum, 4334 US-7, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, 05456, United States
Finding Hope Within – Museum Exhibit at Rokeby Museum Featuring Art From Students at MCI-Shirley and North Central Correction Center
Guest-Curated by John Vincent, A Revolutionary Press
2023 Special Exhibit, August 10–October 14, 2023, part of regular admission
Concord Prison Outreach was invited by John Vincent of A Revolutionary Press to help curate the Finding Hope Within exhibit, currently on display at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont.
Finding Hope Within features art that has emerged through the Carceral system. It combines art made by incarcerated artists in facilities in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine—from poetry and other writings to visual art and sculptural pieces—and art made collaboratively between incarcerated artists with non-incarcerated artists on the outside.
This exhibition posits art making as a transformative, healing, and cathartic practice and highlights the intensely human instinct to create as a way to transform one’s relationship to community, to the environment, and to the self. A spark of hope for the future emerges through the art of creation.
Featured in the exhibit is artwork from students at MCI-Shirley and North Central Correctional Institute (NCCI), made possible by Marie LeBlanc of NCCI,Tressa Stazinski of Mount Wachusett Community College, Ellie DiMauro of Concord Prison Outreach, the Education administration at MCI-Shirley and NCCI, and John Vincent of A Revolutionary Press.
Co-curators of the exhibition include Heather Newcomb of Vermont Works for Women, Ashley Messier of Vermont Women’s Justice and Freedom Initiative, Olivia Hochstadt and Jan Collins of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, Ellie DiMauro of Concord Prison Outreach in Massachusetts, and Laura Carey of the New England Innocence Project.
We highly recommend that you take the opportunity to visit the exhibit, as it promises to be a truly enriching experience!

Naming the Unnamed
2023-06-15 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St, Concord, 01742, United States
NAMING THE UNNAMED
BRINGING TO LIFE THE MEN BURIED AT CONCORD REFORMATORY CEMETERY
Celebrating the illustrations of MassArt students for their work in the project “Naming the Unnamed.”
This project commemorates the lives of the men buried at the Concord Reformatory Cemetery, located adjacent to the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
Wednesday, June 15th 6:30-7:30PM
Concord Free Public Library
129 Main St, Concord, MA 01742
or via Zoom
Sponsored by:
Concord Prison Outreach
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Advisory Committee
Friends of the Concord Free Public Library

Interfaith Gathering
2023-05-07 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Concord Prison Outreach Presents
Interfaith Gathering
Join CPO as we give thanks to our faith partners and foster new connections throughout the community
Sunday, May 7th, 3:00-4:30pm
First Parish in Concord

Volunteer Weekly Book Discussion
2023-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2023-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2023-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2023-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Online Zoom Meeting
Current book we are reading/discussing is I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Terrence Real.
For the volunteer book group, we meet Fridays, from 12-1pm on Zoom. Our last scheduled meeting will be Friday, March 31th.
This meeting is held virtually and can be accessed by the button below:
Log on to Zoom Meeting Here

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Spring Discussion Series - Moving Beyond Hate
2023-03-27 06:00 - 20:00 UTC | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes
March 27, 2023: Moving Beyond Hate: Restorative Action Planning
Concord Prison Outreach invites you to our Spring Community Discussion series entitled “21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes.”
This five-week series will examine the intersections between social science data, cultural attitudes and beliefs, regionalism, policymaking, and health focus interventions. Using a trauma-informed format, we intend to apply Restorative Justice principles and practices, breath work, storytelling, and active listening skills to explore, understand, and develop practical solutions to identify hate motivated crimes in our community.
Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA and via Zoom livestream
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Main Speaker: Sam Williams, Executive Director, Concord Prison Outreach
Guest Speaker: Jack McDevitt, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

This series will be offered both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for the event below:
Register for the in-person event here.
Register for the Zoom livestream here.

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Spring Discussion Series - Whose Heritage? Building, Monuments, and Roadways.
2023-03-20 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes
March 20, 2023: Whose Heritage?: Building, Monuments, and Roadways
Concord Prison Outreach invites you to our Spring Community Discussion series entitled “21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes.”
This five-week series will examine the intersections between social science data, cultural attitudes and beliefs, regionalism, policymaking, and health focus interventions. Using a trauma-informed format, we intend to apply Restorative Justice principles and practices, breath work, storytelling, and active listening skills to explore, understand, and develop practical solutions to identify hate motivated crimes in our community.
Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA and via Zoom livestream
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Main Speaker: Sam Williams, Executive Director, Concord Prison Outreach
Guest Speaker: Jack McDevitt, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

This series will be offered both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for the event below:
Register for the in-person event here.
Register for the Zoom livestream here.

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Future Weekly Discussion Themes:

Spring Discussion Series - Sharing Your Story. It Happened to Me Too
2023-03-13 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes
March 13, 2023: Sharing Your Story: It Happened to Me Too
Concord Prison Outreach invites you to our Spring Community Discussion series entitled “21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes.”
This five-week series will examine the intersections between social science data, cultural attitudes and beliefs, regionalism, policymaking, and health focus interventions. Using a trauma-informed format, we intend to apply Restorative Justice principles and practices, breath work, storytelling, and active listening skills to explore, understand, and develop practical solutions to identify hate motivated crimes in our community.
Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA and via Zoom livestream
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Main Speaker: Sam Williams, Executive Director, Concord Prison Outreach
Guest Speaker: Jack McDevitt, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

This series will be offered both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for the event below:
Register for the in-person event here.
Register for the Zoom livestream here.

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Upcoming Weekly Discussion Themes:

March 20, 2023: Whose Heritage?: Building, Monuments, and Roadways
March 27, 2023: Moving Beyond Hate: Restorative Action Planning

Spring Discussion Series - Who’s Really Counting?
2023-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes
March 6, 2023: Who’s Really Counting?: National Inconsistencies in Data Collection
Concord Prison Outreach invites you to our Spring Community Discussion series entitled “21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes.”
This five-week series will examine the intersections between social science data, cultural attitudes and beliefs, regionalism, policymaking, and health focus interventions. Using a trauma-informed format, we intend to apply Restorative Justice principles and practices, breath work, storytelling, and active listening skills to explore, understand, and develop practical solutions to identify hate motivated crimes in our community.
Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA and via Zoom livestream
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Main Speaker: Sam Williams, Executive Director, Concord Prison Outreach
Guest Speaker: Jack McDevitt, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

TO REGISTER
This series will be offered both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for the event below:
Register for the in-person event here.
Register for the Zoom livestream here.

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Upcoming Weekly Discussion Themes:

March 13, 2023: Sharing Your Story: It Happened to Me Too
March 20, 2023: Whose Heritage?: Building, Monuments, and Roadways
March 27, 2023: Moving Beyond Hate: Restorative Action Planning

21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes Community Discussion Series
2023-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
CONCORD PRISON OUTREACH PRESENTS:
21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes Community Discussion Series
Dr. Jack McDevitt
Guest Speaker
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Sam Williams
Speaker
Executive Director, Concord Prison Outreach
February 27, 2023
Hate Crimes in the 21st Century
Featuring National Hate Crime Expert, Dr. Jack McDevitt
6:00-8:00PM
Trinitarian Congregational Church
54 Walden Street, Concord MA
Livestream via Zoom
SPONSORED BY
Acton-Boxborough Cultural Council
Sudbury Cultural Council
Middlesex Savings Bank
Concord Cultural Council
Northeastern University Center on Crime, Race, and Justice
Trinitarian Congregational Church

Weekly Discussion - Hate Crimes in the 21st Century
2023-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord, 01742, United States
21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes
Concord Prison Outreach invites you to our Spring Community Discussion series entitled “21st Century America: The Re-Emergence of Hate Crimes.”
This five-week series will examine the intersections between social science data, cultural attitudes and beliefs, regionalism, policymaking, and health focus interventions. Using a trauma-informed format, we intend to apply Restorative Justice principles and practices, breath work, storytelling, and active listening skills to explore, understand, and develop practical solutions to identify hate motivated crimes in our community.
Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord, MA and via Zoom livestream
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Main Speaker: Sam Williams, Executive Director, Concord Prison Outreach
Guest Speaker: Jack McDevitt, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
This series will be offered both in-person and via Zoom. Please RSVP for the event below:
Register for the in-person event here.
Register for the Zoom livestream here.

Weekly Discussion Themes:

February 27, 2023: Hate Crimes in the 21st Century: Featuring National Hate Crime Expert, Dr. Jack McDevitt
March 6, 2023: Who’s Really Counting?: National Inconsistencies in Data Collection
March 13, 2023: Sharing Your Story: It Happened to Me Too
March 20, 2023: Whose Heritage?: Building, Monuments, and Roadways
March 27, 2023: Moving Beyond Hate: Restorative Action Planning

Pathway to Tomorrow
2022-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
PATHWAY TO TOMORROW
When:

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Where:
Trinity Episcopal Church
Description:
JOIN US TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN
CELEBRATING MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH EMPOWERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
PLEASE RSVP TO JEANNETTE@CONCORDPRISONOTUREACH.ORG
PHONE: 978-369-1430
By 9/1/22
