Krusader Community Initiative Program

Children
Inmates









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Enriching Lives through Literature, Mentoring, and Performance Arts Programs
for children & inmates​




Kru-munity recognizes that a child's education is not only determined by their teachers, but is directly influenced by their homes & communities. 
With this in mind, our staff and volunteers visit schools to ​mentor children about their lives, families, communities, and personal situations that affect their learning process. 

​​We also have inter-active literature to stimulate their cognitive skills, while creating & reinforcing their love of reading with story-lines that hit home with the children; and strive to bring performing arts programs to inner-city schools for children to enjoy while they learn concentration, creativity, and cognitive thinking through art. 

Finally, we organize events to teach & entertain children in a safe environment. These evenst are designed to evoke pride, cooperation, social skills, and character building. ​​




Have you ever been placed on Time-Out? Have your parents ever placed you on punishment and forced you to spend the weekend in your room with no telephone and no tv?
Well multiply that exponentially -- then add a stranger for a roommate -- and you've got the essence of jail. ​ 

​​For a moment, lets remove the fact that inmates are incarcerated for breaking the law and imagine yourself grounded for the weekend. What did you do? Think about why you were on punishment? Think about all the things you could be doing? Contemplate what you'll do next when you were allowed outside again? 
They are no different. 

Kru-munity's mission is to organize Inmate Book Clubs in penal institutions and recommend books that they can relate to, while mentoring those clubs to expound on the morals of those stories with the inmates. (click for club info)

We also publish Convict Cooking Magazine​​ using donations and contributions. This magazine is ​
​formatted​ in a way that inmates would enjoy 
​​(i.e. Maxim ​US Men, or The Source) and offers 
​content ​that is relevant & helpful to them. 
Some of the content matter includes:​





    

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Culinary Recipes (exclusively using items commonly found on prison commissary lists)
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​​Legal Advice

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Political News (and how it relates to them)
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  • Stories
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  • Concentration Games & Puzzles
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  • Current Events
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Interviews (with people they can relate to)​​​​
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  • Congruent Careers Expose' 
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  • ​(i.e. tattoo artists are exposed to paint galleries;  ​car thieves to auto tech schools/careers; drug dealers to sales/broker careers
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Freedom Transition Information (to aid their reintergration to society) 
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  • ​And more...​

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WE NEED YOUR HELP


We have dedicated ourselves to helping others through literature, performance arts, and mentoring. However, this is only possible with  your support. 
An endorsement from your business, organization, or club will allow us that opportunity. 


The "Bling Bling" Assembly Kit
is an interactive children's novel that teaches about materialism. ​


The "Dope" Experience
parallels the life of a student as he decides the pro's & cons of selling drugs vs seeking employment. 
This is great reading for pre-teens. ​


Examples: 


Info Column:

Mission Statement​​

Press Releases​​