Is the Good Neighbor Project Right for YOU?
by Beth Manuel
The Good Neighbor Project is co-mentorship program designed to match up free-world individuals with Michigan prisoners who are serving Life or long sentences.
The Project is a program that applies restorative justice practices and principles by way of a one-on-one “co-mentorship” within the community by providing tools for repairing harm in relationships caused by crimes committed by our incarcerated neighbors. The program also seeks to foster the change necessary to facilitate the political will to advance criminal justice reform.
Many of these prisoners have been incarcerated for so long that they have lost their network of social support from family, friends, and the community. It is through letter or email correspondences that the co-mentors develop strong & meaningful relationships that are meant to promote transformation, redemption and healing. The next two (2) hour training session in providing our outside participants with all the information necessary to create a productive “co-mentorship” will be at The AFSC Michigan Criminal Justice Program, 124 Pearl Street, Suite 607, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (734) 761-8283 "> Prisoner number: (734) 761-9796 on Thursday, October 5th from 6:00-8:00 PM. Other sessions are as follows, all from 6:00-8:00 PM: Wednesday, October 18
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