Prison
Outpost
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Members of the Jessie
W. "Ma" Houston Prison Outpost Project
posing in front of mural at the Ma Houston Park.
Chaplain Helen Sinclair, National
Executive Director; Fahmeeda M. Newman Veal, Director; Sam
Stewart, President; Stacy
Sias, Vice President; Evangelist
Eary Wilson, Coordinator,
Prison Visit Ministry Team; Doris Johnson, Chairperson,
C# Committee & Family Support; Harriet
Miller, Secretary; Charline
Gooley, Correspondence Secretary; Georjean
Simmons, Treasurer; Ardenia "Dee
Dee" Foster, Chairperson, Letterwriting
Committee; Dr. Margaret Burroughs, Director,
Creative Writing & Art; Rev. Buster Brown |
MISSION STATEMENT
The ultimate goal of this ministry is to
eliminate the needs for prisons; provide information and programs
to prisoners and to the larger community; finally, to be the spiritual
voice for the "down trodden and the unloved".
SERVICES
PROVIDED
- Weekly visits to prisons and jails to conduct
worship services
- Private and small groups consulting with inmates
and community people
- Developing and participating in special programs
within the IDOC
- Community forums
- Influence Legislature to have a positive impact
on The Dept. Of Corrections
- Art and Creative Writing classes & Workshops
behind the "WALLS"
- Clothing and Reading material drives for the
unfortunate
- Conduct Workshops on Prisoner Awareness; prison
volunteers
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