http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org Getting Out by Going In Tue, 13 May 2008 19:03:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Address to Men Detained at California Men’s Colony (CMC) San Luis Obispo, California Imagine all the Bumble Bees By Coach Taylor May 4, 2008 I Wonder "My name is Coach Taylor. I work with a non profit organization called Getting Out by Going In. We are a team of about 30 volunteer who have dedicated our ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/05/08/caifornia-mens-colony/ GOGI Campus class Vice President, Felicia "Mimi" J., will be taking GOGI with her as she leaves the GOGI Campus at Lynwood and completes her time at a California State Facility for women. While detained at the GOGI Campus in Lynwood, Felicia assisted with most of the leadership initiatives including ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/05/06/gogi_class_vice_president_elected/ Photographer and GOGI Campudent Stacy P. will return home soon. She is committed to volunteer work at local halfway houses. To express what GOGI means to her, Stacy wrote the following poem: CONFUSING My life has been confusing Because it seems I am always abusing The things we take for granted My friends and family try diffusing The ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/05/06/stacy_proffer_takes_gogi_with_her/     When we look at the 1/3 of released individuals who remain free once they are released from prison we can identify similarities in their beliefs and behaviors. Winners think like other winners. "Losers" tend to share a similar mindset as well. Here are a few things you ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/05/05/gogi-seven-strategies/ In an ongoing effort to create a collaborative environment for prisoner reentry organizations, GOGI is promoting Profound Prisoners as a writing outlet for women participating in the GOGI Campus - Lynwood project. Profound Prisoners provides a platform for inmates who have profound views on politics, prison, religion, ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/05/02/gogi-students-contribute-to-profoundprisonerscom/ The women detained at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF) in Lynwood, California, study from the GOGI book PRISON: GETTING OUT BY GOING IN. The women expressed the need for a book directed to the unique needs of women in prison and requested that their ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/04/30/detained_women_contribute/ Recently elected Class President Laura W. , pictured in her youth heads the GOGI Campus- Lynwood project. GOGI Campus ~ Lynwood, is a proactive reentry project in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who is setting a new precedent for reversing recidivism through community collaboration efforts facilitated through ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/04/27/gogi_class_president_elected/ To meet the increasing need for expansion of their program, Getting Out by Going In has trained and certified additional coaches to work individually and in groups with women detained at Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF) in Lynwood, CA. The new coaches were cleared to enter the facility this week. GOGI Campus, the Community ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/04/20/new-gogi-coaches/ Veteran Hollywood publicist, Monique Moss, hears a hit in Coach DJ's demo CD, "Outta Myself." The collection of positive, empowering rap music, which includes the GOGI THEME SONG, will be marketed to music publishing companies and music producers over the next several months. "I been through it so I had to put my ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/04/20/coach-dj-cd/ Samantha, a recent GOGI Graduate, expresses to Coach Taylor her understanding of the importance that “giving back” has to others in need. As a graduate of the GOGI Campus- Lynwood, Samantha would like to see others make the lasting changes she has made. Samantha, re-entering into a world full ... http://www.gettingoutbygoingin.org/2008/04/14/gogi-graduate/