Carolyn Harding with Jason Orabella and Josephine Duffy, volunteers with Redbird Books to Prisoners.
Redbird Books to Prisoners has been packing books in Columbus since 2011. They send books free of charge to prisoners incarcerated in both Ohio and West Virginia. They also have an extensive catalog of zines (pamphlets on various subjects) that prisoners can also request.
Jason Orabella is an Ohio State University alumni who has been volunteering with Redbird for over a decade now. Outside of his passion for prison activism, Jason enjoys gardening, hiking and identifying wildlife native to Ohio.
Josephine (JD) Duffy is a student at the Ohio State University pursuing a Masters in environmental science. She began volunteering with prison book programs during her time as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois, where she spent 3 years working with Books-to-Prisoners Urbana-Champaign to provide free books to incarcerated readers throughout Illinois. Determined to stay involved with the mission after moving to Columbus, she started volunteering with Redbird and has been involved with the organization for over a year.
https://www.facebook.com/redbirdbookstoprisoners
Book Packing Volunteer Sessions:
1st & 3rd Sundays every month, 5-7pm @ Third Hand Bike Co-op 979 E. 5th Ave.
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