Latest News – Page 13 – Prisoners Literature Project

November 17, 2017

PLP’s Giving Tuesday campaign – help us out, get your donation matched!

As Giving Tuesday (November 28th) approaches, we at the Prisoners Literature Project are launching a special fundraising campaign.

November 13, 2017

Visit PLP at the Howard Zinn Book Fair!

Come visit the Prisoners Literature Project at the Howard Zinn Book Fair, next Sunday (Nov.19th) from 10am to 6pm at City College of San Francisco!

November 11, 2017

PLP: no volunteer meetup on Sunday, November 26th

NOTE: the PLP’s volunteer session on Sunday, November 26th from 1pm to 5pm is cancelled, due to another Grassroots House group using the space. (We’re open every Wednesday and Sunday for volunteer sessions besides that date!)

September 1, 2017

PLP at Kiosk Fest, SF Zine Fest, Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair!

REMINDER: the Prisoners Literature Project is appearing at not one, not two, but THREE different Bay Area events over the next couple of weeks:

August 27, 2017

Scenes from the Prisoners Literature Project, Summer 2017

As summer continues, the Prisoners Literature Project also continues to send out 200+ packages of books to needy U.S. prisoners weekly. Here’s some visual highlights.

August 5, 2017

Progress on special requests, graphic novels, drawing books!

We use your kindly donated money for postage for the 1000+ book packages we send to prisoners monthly. But the PLP has also been making strides in buying (discounted!) requested books.

July 22, 2017

Prisoners Literature Project at San Francisco Zine Fest this September!

The Prisoners Literature Project will have a table – selling remnant books & giving out bookmarks – at the San Francisco Zine Fest on September 3rd!

June 21, 2017

Volunteers wanted for summer bookpacking sessions!

Since it’s a bit slower with college volunteers over the summer, always looking for help on our Sunday (and Wednesday!) volunteer sessions!

June 9, 2017

Thanks for your PLP support at the Bay Area Book Fest!

Thanks to everyone who supported the Prisoners Literature Project at the Bay Area Book Festival. During the event, we:

May 30, 2017

Prisoners Literature Project hits up the Bay Area Book Festival!

Come by and see the PLP this coming weekend (June 3rd & 4th) in our booth at the Bay Area Book Festival in downtown Berkeley!

Sending books to people behind bars for over 45 years

Bookshelves at the Prisoners Literature Project

Prisoners Literature Project is an inclusive, all-volunteer, grassroots nonprofit whose purpose is to encourage reading, the pursuit of knowledge, and self-determination among incarcerated people. By sending free reading materials to those behind bars, PLP aims to foster learning and critical thinking and help prepare people to lead successful lives after incarceration. We believe that all people have a right to read.

Please consider donating to PLP or volunteering your time (if you live in the Bay Area, CA!) to help us answer letters from prisoners who write us from all over the United States.