Compassion Prison Project

CREATING TRAUMA-INFORMED PRISONS AND COMMUNITIES.

COMPASSION TRAUMA CIRCLESCPP RUNS ZOOM COMMUNITY CIRCLES WITH PEOPLE DIALING IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE PURPOSE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PREVALENCE OF ACES (ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES) ACROSS SOCIETY AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEALING THROUGH EDUCATION AND OPEN DIALOGUE. WE RUN COMPASSION TRAUMA CIRCLES IN PRISONS AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTERS AS WELL. ACE SURVEY COLLECTIONCPP'S WORK WITH PRISONS AND COMMUNITIES IS BASED ON THE CDC-KAISER PERMANENTE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACE) STUDY WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTIGATIONS INTO CHILDHOOD ABUSE, NEGLECT AND LATER-LIFE HEALTH RISKS. CPP IS CURRENTLY COLLECTING ACE SURVEYS. WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SURVEYS FROM 46 DIFFERENT STATES. CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAUMA TRAININGTHE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IS 59, THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS BEING PTSD AND TRAUMA. OUR GOAL IS FOR PRISONS TO BECOME TRAUMA-INFORMED WHERE PRISON RESIDENTS AS WELL AS CORRECTIONAL PROFESSIONALS FEEL SAFE AND SEEN.6-WEEK TRAUMA CURRICULUMCREATED TO SUPPORT INCARCERATED AND TRANSITIONALLY HOUSED MEN AND WOMEN. THE CURRICULUM FOCUSES ON SELF-LOVE, ACCOUNTABILITY, SHAME, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER TOPICS. CPP CURRENTLY DELIVERS THIS CURRICULUM VIA ZOOM AND WILL HAVE LIVE SESSIONS BEFORE THE END OF 2021.TRAUMA TALKSOUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM: TRAUMA TALKS IS A DYNAMIC 12-PART EDUCATIONAL VIDEO SERIES WITH ACCOMPANYING WORKBOOK DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA ON THE BRAIN, BODY AND SPIRIT. RENOWNED TRAUMA EXPERTS BRUCE PERRY, BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, GABOR MAT, PETER LEVINE, MEDITATION TEACHERS TARA BRACH AND SAM HARRIS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SERIES. TRAUMA TALKS INTRODUCES VARIOUS HEALING MODALITIES AND CIRCLE DISCUSSIONS TO HELP INCARCERATED RESIDENTS PROCESS THEIR TRAUMA.THE GIVING BACK PROJECTTHE MEN AT KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON AND LANCASTER PRISON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPEARHEADED THE GIVING BACK PROJECT IN EARLY 2020. THIS INITIATIVE IDENTIFIES CREATIVE WAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES WITH WHOM THEY ARE CONNECTED. RETURNING CITIZEN SUPPORT COMPASSION PRISON PROJECT IS CREATING A RETURNING CITIZENS SUPPORT GROUP WHICH CREATES A PLACE OF SAFETY, COMPASSION AND GUIDANCE FOR THOSE REINTEGRATING AFTER INCARCERATION. THE FOCUS IS ON PROVIDING RESOURCES, PRACTICAL TOOLS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IN COMMUNITY. COMPASSION IN ACTION: PODCAST AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL CPP FOUNDER AND GUESTS DISCUSS THE OBJECTIVES AND APPROACHES INVOLVED IN BRINGING TRAUMA AWARENESS AND COMPASSIONATE HEALING TO THE FOREFRONT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION. WE HAVE PRODUCED 15 PODCASTS WITH MORE ON THE WAY. GUESTS INCLUDE BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, DR. GABOR MAT, DR. BRUCE PERRY, DR. PETER LEVINE AND MORE.COMPASSION PRISON PUBLISHINGCPP IS PUBLISHING A SERIES OF BOOKS BASED ON THE POETRY, ARTWORK, AND STORIES FROM MEN AND WOMEN INCARCERATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.THE HEALING TOOLBOXTHESE COURSES WILL IDEALLY BE OFFERED ON DIGITAL TABLETS IN PRISONS. PRISON RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GENTLY, AT THEIR OWN PACE, SELECT THEIR OWN HEALING OPTIONS. VIDEOS WILL INCLUDE SOMATIC HEALING, EFT TAPPING, MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS COURSES, EMDR AS WELL AS OTHER HEALING MODALITIES.