VI. APPENDICES: RESOURCES & FAQS
Appendix A. An Overview of the Inside Out Network Who we are. We’re the Inside Out Network (ION), a nonprofit birthed in Chicago and now based in Tucson, Arizona. In the Spirit of Christ, we exist to help people returning from incarceration by connecting them with a wide range of effective practical resources and innovative tools to support their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, for their sake and for the sake of their families and communities. Our passion is to empower and enable the efforts of men and women to desist from crime and pursue the meaningful, productive, and abundant life that’s everyone’s God-given right. Our bedrock conviction is that every person is both created in God’s image and someone that Christ came to save and restore. That means everyone we encounter already has infinite dignity and worth, and that we serve Christ as we serve the needs of the lost, the last, and the left out. We pursue our mission through four key initiatives. 1. Spiritual Survival Guide for Prison and Beyond . Add image of book? For those who have struggled with discouragement but are open to constructing new selves with new hope, we wrote and distribute a book, Spiritual Survival Guide for Prison and Beyond (SSG), specially designed for inmates. The SSG is a Gospel primer for identity transformation, dealing with issues like forgiveness, shame, addiction, gangs, family and fatherhood, work, and surviving spiritually after prison. It’s being used by individuals as well as in small group studies during and after incarceration. We have distributed more than 60,000 paperback copies, free of charge, around the country, and it has been read by an additional 10,000 incarcerated men and women on their tablet computers. Go to www.insideoutnetwork.net or click on the link above
[ 50 ]
Made with FlippingBook Digital Publishing Software