Calls from Home

Calls from Home

The United States has 2.4 million people behind bars. Thousand Kites wants you to lend your support to a powerful grassroots radio and community project that reaches into our nation's prisons and lets those inside know they are not forgotten.

Thousand Kites is excited to offer community radio stations and individuals the 9th annual national radio program Calls from Home. The program features phone calls from mothers and children, brothers and grandparents, sharing the intimate power of families speaking directly to their incarcerated loved ones. Poets and musicians read and sing across phone lines and prison walls. Calls from Home, produced in the coalfields of central Appalachia, reaches a national network of prisoners, their loved ones and public listeners through community radio in an effort to educate the public about the criminal justice system. Started in 1998 by artists at Appalshop, the program was first a local response to the growing prison industry in their rural community.

Thousand Kites, and WMMT-FM, would like to offer your station Calls from Home, a special program that brings the voices of families across the nation to the airwaves as they send greetings directly to their incarcerated loved ones. The program features calls that share the intimate power of families speaking straight to their loved ones behind bars. The material was recorded on December 9th, when Thousand Kites opened its toll-free line for seven hours of recording.

Use the CALLS FROM HOME FACILITATION GUIDE
Thousand Kites needs your support in spreading the word. You can help out by playing the program to your community group, church or even inside a prison and then hosting a discussion about the program. This is a simple way to start a discussion in your community.

Right-click this link to download a ten-minute Calls from Home for drop-in use or in your community

Calls From Home Facilitation Guide click to download 60.52 Kb

Calls from Home

The United States has 2.4 million people behind bars. Thousand Kites wants you to lend your support to a powerful grassroots radio and community project that reaches into our nation's prisons and lets those inside know they are not forgotten.

Thousand Kites is excited to offer community radio stations and individuals the 9th annual national radio program Calls from Home. The program features phone calls from mothers and children, brothers and grandparents, sharing the intimate power of families speaking directly to their incarcerated loved ones. Poets and musicians read and sing across phone lines and prison walls. Calls from Home, produced in the coalfields of central Appalachia, reaches a national network of prisoners, their loved ones and public listeners through community radio in an effort to educate the public about the criminal justice system. Started in 1998 by artists at Appalshop, the program was first a local response to the growing prison industry in their rural community.

Thousand Kites, and WMMT-FM, would like to offer your station Calls from Home, a special program that brings the voices of families across the nation to the airwaves as they send greetings directly to their incarcerated loved ones. The program features calls that share the intimate power of families speaking straight to their loved ones behind bars. The material was recorded on December 9th, when Thousand Kites opened its toll-free line for seven hours of recording.

Use the CALLS FROM HOME FACILITATION GUIDE
Thousand Kites needs your support in spreading the word. You can help out by playing the program to your community group, church or even inside a prison and then hosting a discussion about the program. This is a simple way to start a discussion in your community.

Right-click this link to download a ten-minute Calls from Home for drop-in use or in your community

Calls From Home Facilitation Guide click to download 60.52 Kb