Appalachian Prison Book Project
Challenging mass incarceration through books, education, and community engagement.
Many thanks to Thomas, an Eagle Scout applicant from Charleston, who collected hundreds of books for the Appalachian Prison Book Project for his service project and hand-delivered them to us this past week. Wow, we really appreciate it, and what a…
Read More Eagle Scout applicant collects 600+ books for APBP. Thanks!
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Two nice articles were published in the Daily Athenaeum, WVU's student newspaper, about the activities of the Appalachian Prison Book Project in the days and weeks following the packing party mentioned in the previous post. http://www.thedaonline.com/a-e/prison-book-project-inspires-english-class-to-serve-1.829147 http://www.thedaonline.com/news/book-project-helps-prisoners-1.777850
And did we mention pizza? Wednesday 10/14/09, 11:30am-1:30pm in Colson Hall Rm 130. Lots of books to pack, all are welcome to help out for as long as they can. Also, paper bag donations being accepted, can be dropped off…
Read More Packing party planned for Wednesday October 14, 2009!
These topics are currently in demand, according to our graduate assistant, Heather. If you have any extras in your collection and would like to donate them to the project, please email appalachianpbp@gmail.com to coordinate a drop-off, either with one of our volunteers…
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