San Angelo Standard Times Article 3/08/09
A Prayer For All Our Children
by Marian Wright Edelman, founder of
the Children's Defense Fund
Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated
created by the San
Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership
Texas Inmate Families Association
Amachi Texas
- Amachi - a Nigerian word meaning, "Who knows
what God has brought us through this child," is a mentoring
program that works cooperatively with Texas organizations to
prevent intergenerational incarceration.
Episcopal Church Province 7 Restorative Justice
has resources
and information for prisoners and their families
TDJC Information on Children's Camps
- Texas Department of
Criminal Justice web page with information on Promise Camp
Community Solutions for El Paso
- Although out of our area, this
organization has a strong commitment to help children of prisoners
and very good community based programs. Look for information
regarding the 2010
National Prisoner's Family Conference
in
Orlando, Florida.
Diocese of Northwest Texas
- Episcopal Church USA -
MAP
Bishop Quarterman Conference Center
- Amarillo, Texas
Episcopal Church USA
- New York
Credits
The Promise Camp Logo is an original piece created by Roland Rose.
Graphics used can be found at the
Episcopal Church USA Image Shop.
Thanks to
www.adinkra.org
for the use of the various West African Adinkra symbols.
Check out Happy Camp's Web Site!
www.happycampfun.org
Happy Camp is a sister camp to Promise
Camp, and is an outreach ministry of the
Episcopal Church in Northwest Texas.