Do you really understand the economic crisis in America? This webcast by Andrew Sears, TechMission's Executive Director, provides a beginner's guide to understanding poverty in America and what can be done about it. Please forward this to friends who might want to learn about poverty and social justice.
Navin, P. Christopher and Daniel Jaffe. (September, 2005) "Boston High-Risk Youth Network: Needs Assessment of Boston's Youth at High Risk," A Report to the Boston Capacity Tank.
A great resource with articles and links on the topic of gangs. Also includes stories from prisoners and the chance to ask prisoners questions about their experiences.
WORLD Magazine and the American Bible Society recently recognized Straight Ahead Ministries as a regional finalist in it's 2010 Hope Award for Effective Compassion search. Straight Ahead has been doing great work helping to reconcile and rehabilitiate gang memebers. TechMission Corps members serve at their Lynn, Massachusetts site.
So you've been called to start a prison ministry, but you are not sure where to begin. This guide created by Hopeaglow shows you how to begin an effective prison ministry with as few as 2 or 3 members all the way up to your entire congregation or organization. Learn how to connect not only with adult offenders, but also with juveniles and the families of prisoners. The guide also dispels many common misperceptions that many first time prison ministry workers may have.