An Open Door

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Come to the table.

Jailbirds began inside the walls. Women Over Dinner carries that same remembering to tables inside prisons and around the world—women speaking, listening, laughing, and remembering their power together.

What begins as a story becomes a gathering. No cross-talk, no fixing, no advice—just the rare experience of being fully heard.

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Women gathered around a Women Over Dinner table.

Voices

Real words from women finding light in the darkest places.

Prison is where you learn how to clear your worries and thoughts. How to clear your mind. You can look at being in prison as if you are doing self-care for your mind, body, and soul. Being true to yourself, cleansing your heart, mind, and soul. You can live free inside of prison. It's possible.

"Prison is the place where you cannot escape, even yourself. Lots of time for reflection. And as long as one takes the time to do such, like with this soulmaking class, and meditation, then you can face yourself. And it is through that process of really "facing" myself that I can see so much more light in the end. I can accept being here."

"I arrived here with the desire to remain safe, away from negative influences, and some comfort in a temporary "home away from home." As I obtained my bearings and better understood how to be in this time and place, I desired trivial possessions that seemed tied to a feeling of worth and control. I saw these items for what they were, yet I still craved them. As this desire slowed I shifted to a desire to better myself and achieve greater understanding of why my crime occurred and what skills or tools I need to develop and implement in order to prevent old habits from reappearing and leading me to further loss of self, autonomy, and total freedom."

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Readings, conversations, and gatherings inspired by the book and the women behind it. New events announced through the newsletter.

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Support the Work

Sixty percent of Trust proceeds go directly to women who were incarcerated alongside the author. Forty percent supports the Prison Monastery program of Unconditional Freedom.

Your donation extends this work: dignity, restoration, and human development brought into places of incarceration.

While your donation is greatly appreciated, the Jailbirds in Flight Trust is not a tax-exempt organization. Donations to the Trust are not tax-deductible.