November 23, 2015 - 19:26
Here's the invitation from Lucy Gleysteen (a former student of mine @ BMC), which I shared with you last week, asking if any of you might be interested in internship with Prison Health News, a free, quarterly newsletter that publishes health information for people who are currently incarcerated. Prison Health News is a program of Philadelphia FIGHT which aims to address the intersecting crises of mass incarceration and HIV/AIDS. Most of their articles are written by individuals who are on the inside; however, they also publish an article or two every issue that is written by people on the outside. Currently they have over 4000 incarcerated subscribers. Their work aims to highlight and share the creativity and wisdom from folks in prisons and jails across the country. Past issues of PHN can be found @ http://fight.org/programs-and-services/prison-health-news/
Lucy is currently looking for interns to help with Prison Health News. In the past, interns have assisted in working on the publication, translating Prison Health News into Spanish, and answering letters from folks on the inside. They receive about 10-15 letters a day from folks on the inside asking health and reentry related questions. Lucy was wondering if any of you who are interested in work related to ending mass incarceration might be interested in this internship. Because of their high volume of letters, they are looking for interns year round. Currently they are trying to find students who could do a Winter Break or Spring semester internship.
If you are interested, please contact Lucy Gleysteen, Care Outreach and Resource Librarian,
Philadelphia FIGHT, 1233 Locust St. 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 1910,.
215-344-1641 and/or lgleysteen@fight.org