by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 5, 2020 | Latest News, Stories
Many Crossroads students have tremendous artistic gifts. We have showcased their talent in our Threads arts journal and in art shows that we hold across the country. We now have another way to share prison art — through coloring pages. We have taken...
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Estimado Mentor, Por varios años luego de ser puesto en libertad, solo hablé de mi encarcelamiento a un pequeño grupo de amistades. No me sentía seguro de hablar sobre ello. Quería proteger a mi familia, sabiendo que las personas que se enteraban de mi pasado podrían...
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Mentor, Author Chris Hoke, a friend of Crossroads, once described a letter as a “hello.” When you are writing to someone you don’t know, this is so true. Sometimes we try to complicate it. But it really is that simple. Simple . . . but powerful....
by Eliezer Yeong | Jun 1, 2020 | Just for Mentors
Just for Mentors: JUNE In this month’s Just for Mentors, Doug brings up the steps to writing a letter to a Crossroads student. A letter can be simple but powerful. When you write a letter to a Crossroads student, a piece of yourself travels—sometimes great...
by Eliezer Yeong | May 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Estimado Mentor, Debido a las restricciones actuales, ha pasado un tiempo desde que he podido ir a mis visitas regulares a la prisión. Pero pienso en visitas pasadas a menudo. Recuerdo un momento de hace varios meses. El ambiente era pesado. Los hombres estaban...
