BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY AND GETTING AHEAD WHILE GETTING OUT WORKSHOPS
St. Paul Catholic Church, Flowood, Mississippi, Friday November 15 and Saturday November 16, 2019.
Two all day workshops sponsored by MARC, Mississippi Association for Returning Citizens were presented by Philip DeVol, Consultant and Author for Aha Process, Inc.
Bridges Out of Poverty provides a framework for organizations and communities to understand people in poverty. It addresses poverty at the individual, organizational,
and community levels whereby people in poverty become planners and decision makers. This workshop is prerequisite for presenters of other Aha Process programs.
Getting Ahead While Getting Out provides a reentry program to reduce recidivism through learning, building resources, accepting responsibility, and working together. Participants receive certification to present this program to inmates inside correctional facilities.
MARC members are currently facilitating Getting Ahead While Getting Out courses inside MDOC, Mississippi Department of Corrections. The mission of MARC is to create a support system for returning citizens to help them break the cycles of incarceration and poverty through accountability, collaboration, building resources and learning opportunities.
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January 31, 2024
We are excited to announce that MARC will be partnering with Hope Alliance for services to returning citizens.
While the details are still very much in process, most of our activities will continue in the same form. However, some of our operations will be different. Come join us at our next meeting to hear more details and ask questions. Join us on Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 10:00 - 12:00 noon at St. Paul Catholic Church in Flowood, MS.
A zoom link will be available for those that cannot attend in person.
Contact: dorothy@marcreentry.org
Dorothy Balser, MSW
Executive Director
MS Association for Returning Citizens (MARC)
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September 12, 2022
Would you like to help men and women have a healthy restart when they are released from prison?
There are many ways to help ~ large and small ~ that make a huge difference in the lives of those wanting to do better and NOT end up in prison again. Whether you have been involved in this type or ministry, or new to this mission, you are welcome to join us and learn more about MARC!Join us tonight at 6:30 pm to learn more about what MARC does, and find out what YOU can do!
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December 1, 2021
Our December day of training was postponed due to severe weather. Stay tuned for a new training date to be posted soon. Become a part of the work of MARC! We will be resuming re-entry classes in the prisons this January, and we need more people to help prepare incarcerated men and women to "Get Ahead While Getting Out." Make plans to attend Questions? Call Bob @ 334-717-0890 or Marvin @601-594-8254.