#prison mail

[mus1g4]

Inmate reading mail

[ozmontague-blog]

[delivered to the prison]

To Oz Montague

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By the time the cookies got to him, they were smashed and half eaten. It didn’t matter. Oz knew exactly who they were from and he was deeply touched. Only Diana would send cookies to a man in prison.

@gardenerwithoutborders

[chicana-state-of-mind]

My bday present

[giveabeat]

Interview with Give a Beat Supporter: Jim Tremayne 

Give a Beat Reporter Mick Jacobs Talks with Jim Tremayne, Editor of DJ Times Magazine, On How Prison Mail Correspondence Led Him to Give A Beat’s Cause

(Photo by Janice Pupelis)

As snail mail grows more antiquated with each iPhone update, receiving a physical letter bestows a sort of importance upon its contents.  Jim Tremayne, editor of DJ Times Magazine, responds to the publication's fan mail, and looks forward to receiving a particular type of snail mail, prison letters.  Over the years, Tremayne has established conversations with many inmates who've reached out, always happy to lend a helping hand, especially on his favorite subject, music.

Such correspondences led him to Give a Beat, where he now works alongside the organization in promoting awareness of America's mass incarceration crisis.  From his point of view, Give a Beat catalyzes change by starting a dialogue, one which isn't present in our mainstream media or culture.  Because mass incarceration remains uncommon in our conversations, the issue needs to be made not only understandable, but relate-able.  For Tremayne, Give a Beat presents a unique opportunity to help connect others to the cause, the same way a few letters connected him to new relationships.

Jim Tremayne will be joining Give a Beat as a panelist for the “Music For Positive Social Change” panel at West Coast Weekender on May 13. 

[sonniquick]

Invisible Mailman by Jamie Cummings

Invisible Mailman by Jamie Cummings

INVISIBLE MAILMAN by Jamie Cummings    copyright 2016 https://mynameisjamiedotnet.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/invisable-mailman.mp3

  The strangest thing happened today

an invisible mailman passed my way

He handed me an envelope that wasn’t really there

An invisible mailman you know is quite rare

I opened the envelope which was very wide

and I found less than nothing inside

The writing was…

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