Monday, December 12, 2011

venturing out on the road to rehab


Yesterday, the thirty-nine backers of this project, received good news!

Update #2
Dec 11, 2011
You backed a fantastic event!
Hello Kickstarter backers,
Just wanted to let you know that the Venturing Out event you funded, "The Castle" -- originally called "Road to Rehabilitation" -- was a fantastic hit when it was performed last Thursday evening. I thought you might like to read a little bit of the publicity the event generated, to see the enthusiastic reception to our cause, namely, to help men and women achieve economic independence after incarceration.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/morning/venturing-out
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/editorspick_mobile/x1285894671/True-Stories-The-Castle-tells-of-life-after-prison
Thank you very much for your visionary support of this project. It is greatly appreciated!
Laura Winig, Executive Director, Venturing Out


The presentation at Babson College, of ex-offenders reading the dramatic monologues of other ex-offenders, had been a success for all involved. Venturing Out, the group that, with the aid of the college, educates soon-to-be-released prisoners on how to be entrepreneurs, gained much positive publicity and, hopefully, more financial support to bring their teachings to hundreds of other prisoners in the Massachusetts. The audience, which included some at-risk youth, gained knowledge from the panel discussion after the dramatic readings.
And all viewers, both at the live reading and of these videos posted on vimeo.com, walk away with a more realistic vision of the bad choices which land people like themselves in prison - and how to better accept the proud new taxpayers back into society... and keep them there.

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