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 AAPI residents raise funds, collect supplies for Maui wildfire victims

January 17, 2024 by Joshua Strange

Thanks to the Hawaiian Ho’oponopno way, the donation drive at San Quentin for the victims of the Maui wildfires was a tremendous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Religious Programs, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: Asian Pacific Islander, Asian Prisoner Support Committee, Auntie Adel, Dao Ong, Nate Tan, Native Hawaiian Religious Group, ROOTS, Taiosisi “Shaka” Matangi

ROOTS celebrates, tradition, inclusion and freedom

August 14, 2019 by Joe Garcia

Roots graduate Javier Jimenez and Roger Chung

San Quentin’s Asian community organized a festive and all-inclusive ceremony to honor “Super Cycle 5”—the latest graduating class of ROOTS (Restoring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Rehabilitation Corner, ROOTS

San Quentin holds 15th Annual Health Fair

October 22, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Hundreds of prisoners formed long lines on San Quentin’s Lower Yard at the prison’s 15th Annual Health Fair on Aug. 24. Stations were set up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: APSC, Bay Area Black Nurses Association, CENTERFORCE, Health and Wellness, ROOTS, SFSU School of Nursing, SQ Health Fair, TRUST

Borey Ai is out of prison, but he’s still not a free man

August 8, 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: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bay Area Women Against Rape, California prison system, Cambodian, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York Times, ROOTS, SQUIRES, UC Berkeley Law School, Youth Offender

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

Life of crime overturned by positive choices

May 26, 2018 by John Lam

Younger brother Tony Douangmalalay, niece Caylen, Mother Pat, nephew C.J. and younger brother Caven

A variety of rehabilitative programs, including dance, helped Anouthinh Pangthong turn his life around despite a rocky youth and 21 years in prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anouthinh Panthong, crack dealers, First Step curriculum, kid cat, refugee camp in Thailand, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS, San Quentin Utilizing Inmate Resources Experiences and Studies, Solitary confinement, SQUIRES, Tony Douangmalalay, Youth Offender

ROOTS Solidarity Run helps spirits of the community

May 24, 2018 by lloyd payne

ROOTS’ basketball event with Top: Danny Thongsy, Nate Tan, Roger Chung, Troy Smith, Asian Health Services member and Chau Vi. Bottom: Donte Smith, Nighiep Ke Lam, Tracy Nguyen and Zitsue Lee

While community volunteers ran in the Oakland Run Festival to raise money for an ethnic studies program at San Quentin State Prison, 33 incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: APSC, Asian Prisoner’s Support Community, Kevin “K” Neang, Oakland Run Festival, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison

ROOTS graduates learn inter-generational trauma

March 30, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Kevin Neang and Family

The audience cried and laughed with recent graduates of the Restoring Our Original True Selves (ROOTS) program as they told stories of healing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cambodia, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS

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