[act-ma] Two Wednesdays on the prison system

[Katherine Fisher]

*Film Screening and Discussion of "Unlikely Friends"*
*Wednesday, November 19*


*The Prison System: Inside and Out, with Nancy Shippen*
*Wednesday, December 3rd*

Both events will be held at 7:30 pm
at Beacon Hill Friends House
6 Chestnut St., Boston MA



*Film Screening and Discussion of "Unlikely Friends"*

A story about our prison system, reconciliation and healing.

Wednesday November 19, 2014
7:30 pm
At the Beacon Hill Friends House
6 Chestnut Street, Boston MA 02108

UNLIKELY FRIENDS documents victims of brutal crimes who, through
forgiveness, unexpectedly become friends with their perpetrators.

Finding a criminal justice system that has left them empty and unsupported,
these victims of unspeakable crimes forgive out of a deep need to heal
themselves, which in turn motivates the perpetrator to fully account for
their actions and thereby begin the process of true rehabilitation.

These relationships, so unfathomable for most of us, open our thinking to
new possibilities of how to transform a system ensconced in punishment and
retribution to one of restorative justice that is based in humanity.
Website:
http://www.unlikelyfriendsforgive.com/filmmaker

Trailer:
http://www.unlikelyfriendsforgive.com/trailer



*The Prison System: Inside and Out, with Nancy Shippen*
*Wednesday, December 3rd*

Wednesday, December 3rd, 7:30 pm
Beacon Hill Friends House
6 Chestnut St., Boston MA

Nancy Shippen will present her experience working in prisons in
Massachusetts and with the Department of Correction's efforts to transform
their work from a retributive to a restorative process. Nancy has spent 20
years developing the Alternatives to Violence Project, Money Smart
financial literacy, Spiritual and Cultural Identity book discussion groups,
Houses of Healing groups and a number of other programs.