Compassion Prison Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to transforming prisons and communities through compassionate action. Using a trauma-informed approach that includes the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) test, compassion exercises, and meditation, CPP works in maximum security prisons like Kern Valley State Prison in California. We feel the first step to healing trauma is to understand the extent that…
“Love Can Build Anything” is a hopeful message as America struggles with Covid-19 and the explosion of voices nationally and internationally calling for justice, equality, and the recognition that Black Lives Matter.
By Grandmother Shannon CrossBear Originally composed on June 6, 2020 As the USA we have long been accused of being myopic. Today as I read through the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership COVID response update, I was again struck by our ability to create a WE society. There is valuable information to be shared…