UNDERGROUND PEN PAL NETWORK
by Aswad Malik Coley
These Organizations are in service:
1. Prison Pen-Pal Program, Rt. 1, Box 82, Spruce Pine, NC 27105.
2. PWA Coalition Newsline, 31 West 26th St., New York, NY 10011. Pen Pals
for Prisoners with AIDS/ARC/HIV+.
3. TPA Pen Pals, Native American Network of the Iron Houses, Medicine Hawk/Shadowlight
Medicine Clan, P.O. Box 33568, Decatur, GA 30033. Provides contacts for
imprisoned brothers and sisters for friendship, exchange of knowledge and
ideas, etc. They also do indepth profiles. Send for questionnaire.
4. Prison Outreach, P.O. Box 522, Mountain Grove, MO 65711.
5. Pen Pals for Transsexual/Transvestite Prisoners, Rev. John Prowett, 1517
Court St., Suite 4, Memphis, TN 38104-2402.
6. Transfiguration Prison Ministry. 495 Albion Ave., Glendale, Cincinnati,
OH 45246. Outside voice of the National Prisoner's Rights Union founded
by Indiana Prisoner James Bell Yager. Coordinates a pen pal program.
7. Prison Fellowship Ministries, Pen-Pal Program, P.O. Box 17500, Washington,
DC 20041-0500. Provides correspondence with Christians from other states.
8. Prison Pen-Pals, P.O. Box 1217, Cincinnati, OH 45201. This program matches
prisoners and citizens. Names and guidelines are available by sending a
SASE to the above address.
9. National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, NCBLG, 19641 West Seven
Mile, Detroit, MI 48216. A national coalition for black lesbians/gay men.
10. Black Women's Alliance Association, 8306 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 967,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Has established an "adopt-an-Inmate"
program for Black prisoners to put them in touch with organizations and
individuals as pen-pals, etc.
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