Freedom Reads

@million_book

Countering with literature what prison does to the spirit. Freedom begins with a book.

Hamden, CT freedomreads.org Joined November 2020

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Her 1st time in prison and the Freedom Library is what brought her some comfort. Books are more than an escape. Books are friends and a place to go to when you are scared and alone.

What book has been that for you? Let us know in the comments. #FreedomReads #books #FollowUs

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Freedom Reads @million_book Oct 13

We go inside and we talk to the incarcerated folks each and every time. We let the people know who we are, why we are there, and what we hope for once we leave. That is what we call a unit talk. #FreedomReads #loveforloterature #makingbooksaccessible #prison

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Freedom Reads @million_book Sep 30

You find what you look
for. Dwayne learned that in
prison. His TED Talk is
about the choice to keep
searching for possibility,
even when the world
around you tells you
there is none.

Watch: go.ted.com/reginalddwayne…

Freedom Reads @million_book Sep 28

It’s live.

Reginald Dwayne Betts’
@TEDTalks is now on
TED.com. He tells the
story of a mango, a
prison cell, the people
who helped him see
possibility, and how that
search became Freedom
Reads.

Watch and share: ted.com/talks/reginald…

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Freedom Reads @million_book Sep 28

Today’s the day.

At 11 AM, Reginald
Dwayne Betts’ TED
Talk goes live.

It begins
with a mango he ate in
solitary confinement and
follows the question at
the heart of Freedom
Reads: What can we find
when we choose to keep
looking?

Watch at TBD Link