Faceless No More

Resources

The speakers for our courses and workshops represent a diverse group of organizations working on issues related to addiction, homelessness and incarceration. Here are links where you can access their resources, learn about their activities, provide financial support and assist in other ways:
Ames Alexander, Investigative Reporter
The Charlotte Observer
Ames Alexander has examined rampant corruption in North Carolina prisons, less than charitable behavior by nonprofit hospitals, the mistreatment of injured poultry workers, and many other subjects. His stories have led to new laws, congressional hearings, criminal prosecutions, and more than 60 awards– including the Robert F. Kennedy journalism prize, the Investigative Reporters and Editors award, the Gerald Loeb business reporting prize, and the Sigma Delta Chi investigative reporting award. In 2013 and in 1995, he and several colleagues were named Pulitzer finalists. A graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, he has written for the Observer since 1993. A full listing of Ames Alexander’s articles is available at charlotteobserver.com/news/special-reports/article153975449.html                                                                    ​
Tessie Castillo,  Author and Journalist
Tessie Castillo is an author and journalist from Durham, North Carolina who specializes in criminal justice reform, drug policy and harm reduction. She co-wrote her first book, Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row, with four men on Death Row, whom she met while volunteering at North Carolina’s Central Prison in 2014. Crimson Letters illuminates the complex stew of choice and circumstance that brought four men to Death Row and the cycle of dehumanization and brutality that continues inside prison.​
Learn more at tessiecastillo.com/about/
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The Criminal Justice Resource Department of Orange County, North Carolina
Equal Justice Initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. 
Learn more at eji.org/about/    
Families Against
​Mandatory Minimums 
(FAMM)
FAMM is a national nonpartisan advocacy organization that promotes fair and effective criminal justice policies that safeguard taxpayer dollars and keep our communities safe. 
​Learn more at famm.org/  ​​
Forgiven Ministry
Our mission is to meet the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of the children of inmates, the inmates themselves, ex-inmates and inmates’ families, with the result of healing wounds inflicted by crime, redirecting lives, and restoring these individuals into the community as productive citizens, parents, and family members.
Learn more at ​ forgivenministry.org/
Human Kindness Foundation
The mission of the Human Kindness Foundation is to encourage more kindness in the world, beginning with people in our prisons and jails. The primary work of Human Kindness Foundation is the Prison-Ashram Project, which encourages people who are incarcerated to use their time for focused spiritual growth. We send free books about interfaith spirituality to people in prisons and jails. HKF has books in English and Spanish that teach classic spiritual practices such as prayer, meditation and yoga.
​Learn more at humankindness.org/   
Inmates to Entrepreneurs
Our mission is to assist people with a criminal background in starting their own business by providing entrepreneurship education through in-person and online courses.​
​Learn more at brianhamilton.org/about/​                                                   
JoCo Angels Opioid Awareness and Support 
We are Johnston County, NC Families who are victims of addiction, Johnston County Emergency Services, mental health providers as well as recovering addicts who have formed a group to raise awareness, reduce stigma, provide resources and support to families in crisis due to addiction, and connect services with those affected by substance use disorder. 
Learn more at ​ www.jocoangels.com and ​https://www.facebook.com/jocoangels2​
Ministry Against the Death Penalty
The Ministry Against the Death Penalty (MADP) fosters creative, reflective and educational programs that awaken hearts and minds, inspire social change, and strengthen our democracy’s commitment to human rights. Learn more at sisterhelen.org/​      
North Carolina Center
​on Actual Innocence 
The Center’s primary mission is to identify and correct wrongful convictions to obtain justice for the indigent imprisoned for crimes they did not commit, for the victims of those crimes, and for the true perpetrators.  Our secondary mission is to educate policymakers, the public, and legal and law enforcement communities about the factors that contribute to wrongful convictions, as well as emerging solutions that can help increase the reliability of convictions. Learn more at nccai.org/                                           
​North Carolina 
Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
NCCADP is a coalition of advocates, litigators, scholars, faith leaders, and directly-affected individuals who have been coming together since the 1990s. As a state and a nation, we are reconsidering what is necessary to make our criminal legal systems just. The Coalition believes that so long as death is on the table, our concepts of consequences will remain distorted and our efforts at meaningful, humane reform will fall short.
Learn more at nccadp.org/                                                       
OLLI at Duke
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke seeks to engage the minds, elevate the spirit and foster the wellbeing of our members through a wide range of educational programs and opportunities for volunteer service and social activities. 
​Learn more at olliatduke.org/​                                                              
Our Children's Place
Our Children’s Place of Coastal Horizons Center is a statewide program committed to the children of incarcerated parents. We strive to be the leading North Carolina advocate and educational resource focused on these children and the need for a statewide response to ensure their well-being.  Our mission is threefold: to educate, to identify and promote, to support. Learn more at ourchildrensplace.com/                                                            
Restorative Justice Clinic
Campbell Law's Restorative Justice Clinic strives to bring victims and offenders in our local prisons and schools together by implementing restorative justice practices in an effort to foster collaborative healing, rather than punishment.
Learn more at https://law.campbell.edu/advocate/clinical-programs/the-restorative-justice-clinic/​                                                                                                                                                   
We Are All Criminals
(WAAC)
We Are All Criminals is a non-profit organization dedicated to challenging society’s perceptions of what it means to be “criminal.” Through shared stories of those who committed or were accused of committing crimes, those who got away with them, and those who have been directly affected by the criminal justice system, we seek to erase the barriers that separate us.
​Learn more at weareallcriminals.org/                                                                              
Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law
We bring empirical research to criminal justice by bringing scientists, lawyers, and students together at Duke Law to do impactful research, policy, and teaching designed to improve criminal justice outcomes. Our work is non-partisan and evidence-based. We seek to engage with state and local government and community stakeholders to translate research into effective and practical policy.
​Learn more at wcsj.law.duke.edu/about/