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An emerging class of peacemakers from San Quentin

August 14, 2019 by Juan Haines

Restorative justice program GRIP continues its legacy of healing with its newest grads After examining their lives, past traumas, their crimes and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Programs, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: GRIP

Out of prison but not yet free of ICE

June 21, 2018 by Eddie

Borey (PJ) Ai has served his sentence in the California prison system, but he is not yet a free man. Even as he walks the streets of San Francisco and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Immigration, Recently Posted Tagged With: #bringpjhome, APSC, Borey, cambodia, deportation, GRIP, Haas Institute, ROOTS, SQUIRES, UC Berkeley Law School, undocumented

Fiesta Latina en la Graduación de TRIP en Español

January 18, 2018 by Juan Haines

The Spanish Grip class with the Mexican Consul at during graduation

El 18 de noviembre fue un día de festividad y música para 24 estudiantes que se reunieron como una tribu para elogiar al programa que les cambio sus … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Prison Programs Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP)

G.R.I.P. graduates five tribes in 2017

January 18, 2018 by Juan Haines

One of five GRIP tribes at graduation

Families braved fog and rain to watch their loved ones graduate from one of San Quentin Prison’s most highly touted self-awareness programs. A week … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Prison Programs Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP), Jacques Verduin

Cesar Chavez’s grandson learns prisoners’ struggles

August 2, 2017 by Juan Haines

Anthony P. Chavez, Lucia de la Fuente and Jacques Verduin

More than two dozen Spanish-speaking men had the chance to take off their machismo masks and speak from their hearts to the grandson of a worldwide … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Profiles Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP), Jacques Verduin

San Quentin News hosts nationwide DA forum

February 28, 2017 by Juan Haines

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, joined by more than two dozen prosecutors from around the country, visited San Quentin to discuss … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CGA, DA Forum, GRIP

80 Committed Men Graduates From GRIP

June 1, 2016 by Marcus Henderson

By Marcus Henderson Staff Writer The 2016 Guiding Rage into Power ‘GRIP’ program graduated 80 dedicated men. The year program guided prisoners on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Programs, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP)

GRIP Graduates 72 Peacemakers

December 31, 2014 by Juan Haines

Dozens of incarcerated men showed that they could guide their rage into power and transform themselves into peacemakers before a Nov. 21 audience that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, Prison Programs Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP)

Metta World Peace Visits San Quentin’s GRIP Class

July 26, 2014 by Aaron Taylor

GRIP is about taking offenders and graduating them into servants of humankind National Basketball Association veteran Metta World Peace, formerly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Programs, SQ News Tagged With: GRIP, Guiding Rage Into Power (GRIP), Jacques Verduin

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