2022 – The Year of CFC (Correctional Facilities Committee)
This being the year of the CFC, we are highlighting the value of the SA program for members inside correctional institutions. We are doing this by speaking about it at local groups and intergroups, telling how members can contribute by sponsoring friends in prison. We encourage SA members to get involved and help those in need. It does not take a lot of time to sponsor a friend in prison, maybe one hour a month.
We show how members don’t have to violate their anonymity because we set up private mailboxes. We ask local SA groups to run workshops throughout the year where we help members find friends in prison and discuss how best to write to them and answer their letters.
At regional meetings and marathons, we set up information tables where we hand out literature and enlist members to sponsor friends in prison. We have a particular demand for SA members who can read and write Spanish. We encourage local SA meetings to invite CFC committee members to tell their story about corresponding with friends in prison.
Also, we communicate with members who are about to go to prison and give them advice on how to contact SA once they are incarcerated.
We will be running a worldwide webinar on June 18 and 19th, 2022, in six one-hour sessions, Saturday and Sunday morning. Here, we will discuss several topics, including: how to sponsor an inmate, how to start a meeting in prison, existing SA video presentations, interviews with paroled friends, working with the church and psychological professionals.
Do join us.
