Books Through Bars

Philadelphia Prisoner Advocacy Summit 4/21

lin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:20:41 +0000

Online registration is now open for the FREE Philadelphia Prisoner Advocacy Summit! Lunch provided to the first 150 participants to register here: https://philapas.wufoo.com/forms/philapas/

The event begins with a morning plenary featuring former political prisoner Laura Whitehorn and community activist Butch Cottman. Workshops include Strategy for Statewide Movement-Building, Beyond Re-entry, Developing Youth Leadership, Organizational Development & Sustainability and more! See facebook.com/philapas for more information.

Volunteer Drivers Needed!

lin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:47:05 +0000

Currently, BTB has a couple of volunteer bikers with bicycle trailers to deliver packages to the post office once a week, but those bicycle trailers can only carry so much AND the warm weather is coming! In an effort to cut the cyclists a break, BTB is compiling a list of volunteer drivers that would be willing to make a trip to the post office when called. The post office trip is about 20 minutes roundtrip (picking up the stamped packages from BTB and dropping them off at the post office). Occasionally we also need drivers to pick up large donations or go to the book traders. If you sign up to be on the volunteer driver list, you are not committing to a daily or weekly drive! We would simply put your name and phone number on a list in our office and call when needed.

If you would like to be added to our list of volunteer drivers, please email us at volunteer@booksthroughbars.org – If you have any time preferences/constraints (i.e., only call on the weekends or only available Monday afternoons), please let us know and we will document that as well. Check out the “Get Involved” tab above to learn about other ways to volunteer with BTB. Thank you!

Dictionary Fundraiser at Dock Street Brewery

lin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:38:13 +0000

Dictionary Fundraiser at Dock Street Brewery 2-22-12, a set on Flickr.

The dictionary is the single most requested book by incarcerated people across the country and a fundamental tool for self-education and empowerment. Unfortunately, BTB rarely has enough dictionaries on hand to satisfy even a portion of the requests. To solve this problem, we have created the Dictionary Fund.On February 22, 2012, BTB held a fundraiser for the Dictionary Fund at Dock Street Brewery. A $10 donation at the door purchased a craft beer and a slice of pizza (for attendees) AND a dictionary (for us). – We raised enough money to purchase 275 dictionaries!