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Did you know that women are the fastest-growing population in prison? Ever wonder why?
We explored this critical issue and more with our guests, Martha Ackerman and Stephanie Segel, the founders of Create: New Beginnings. This transformative program uses art expression to help women living in prison work through some of the challenges that landed them behind bars.
The impact of the program is profound, and participants can even have their sentences reduced as a result of their engagement in this life-changing initiative affiliated with Prison Fellowship. As told by Stephanie and Martha, the inspiring stories of adversity, vulnerability, and healing of the women living in prison remind us that everyone has the potential to create a new beginning.
Create: New Beginnings® takes incarcerated women through a series of restorative, art-based, in-prison workshops. Through painting and other creative arts, women behind bars explore topics such as shame, self-doubt, empathy, and forgiveness—all in a faith-based environment of introspection, healing, and community support. Through artistic expression, participants in this Prison Fellowship program explore core issues of identity and purpose, reimagining their futures with a new sense of hope.
Since 2019, Create: New Beginnings has engaged 140 volunteers and Prison Fellowship staff to serve more than 2,400 women. Currently active in 20 states from Alaska to Florida, the program has 50 active workshops reaching more than 800 women each week. We have also partnered with the Salvation Army and are active in 10 of their Adult Rehabilitation Centers.
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