This post originally appeared on OTYCD in March 2018.
Help children serving sentences in Illinois prisons through Liberation Library, which gives them books.
Liberation Library is a volunteer-led group based in Chicago that serves children in prison and juvenile detention centers in Illinois. Its members ask the kids what they’d like to read, and gets those titles.
They believe access to books is a right, not a privilege. Twice a month, it hosts “packing days,” in which volunteers prep and mail books to young readers.
It also sends birthday cards to incarcerated children year-round, and holiday cards around Christmas.
See the Liberation Library webpage:
See its About page:
http://www.liberationlib.com/about.html
See its FAQ page, which includes advice on how to find a Liberation Library-type organization in your community, or set one up:
http://www.liberationlib.com/faqs.html
Sign up for its newsletter:
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Donate money or gently used books to Liberation Library (please check if the books are on LL’s Amazon Wishlist first):
http://www.liberationlib.com/donate.html
Donate birthday cards for use by Liberation Library, or purchase blank birthday cards from its Amazon Wishlist:
http://www.liberationlib.com/birthday-cards.html
If you live in or near Chicago, volunteer for Liberation Library:
http://www.liberationlib.com/volunteer.html
Like its Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/LiberationLibrary
Follow it on Twitter:
@liberationlib
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