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Freedom Reads' Monthly Newsletter

The Freedom Reads team and guests pose for a group photo outside of the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. Many people wear Freedom Reads t-shirts that say, Freedom begins with a book.
February 2025 Newsletter
Freedom Begins with a Book
Six members of the Freedom Reads team hold Inside Literary Prize 2025 books and pose for a photo.
January 2025 Newsletter
Freedom Reads: Inside Literary Prize 2025
Five members of the Freedom Reads team sit in front of the sign for Rayburn Correctional Center wearing Freedom Reads t-shirts.
December 2024 Newsletter
Freedom Reads: What Matters Most
The Freedom Reads team (19 people) pose for a photo, smiling.
November 2024 Newsletter
Freedom Reads: Our Impact
The Freedom Reads team and Freedom Library Patrons at the California Institution for Men smile for a photo.
October 2024 Newsletter
Why the Freedom Library Matters
Freedom Reads Communications Manager Steven Parkhurst (left), Freedom Reads Library Coordinator David Perez Jr (center), and Freedom Reads Library Production Assistant Michael Byrd (right) sit outside of Cybulski Community Reintegration Center sign.
September 2024 Newsletter
Freedom Reads: Rewriting Our Futures
August 2024 Newsletter
Staking My Life on Books
Kevin, second from right, explains how to build a Freedom Library to Freedom Reads team members.
July 2024 Newsletter
Freedom Reads: Our Calling
6 members of the Freedom Reads team pose for a photo around Freedom Libraries in a loading dock at Garden State Correctional Facility
June 2024 Newsletter
Freedom Reads: What Started as a Dream
6 men wearing prison uniforms stand in line at Garden State Correctional Facility for Dwayne to sign their copies of FELON.
May 2024 Newsletter
A Public Library Like No Other
CHEFA and Freedom Reads hosted an official partnership launch event at Freedom Reads headquarters in Hamden, CT. From left to right: CHEFA Grant Committee Chair Lawrence Davis, CHEFA Executive Director Jeanette W. Weldon, Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy Anthony Barrett, and CHEFA Manager of Grant Programs and Philanthropic Outreach Betty Sugerman Weintraub.
April 2024 Newsletter
300 Freedom Libraries and Counting
March 2024 Newsletter
March Forth with Freedom Reads