Freedom to Change
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The United States contains twenty-five percent of the world's prison population. Innovative rehabilitation programs can offer effective tools to help prisoners re-enter society and stay out of prison. In this short film, Path of Freedom, we meet Fleet Maull, a former inmate who teaches basic meditation practices to prisoners. In this lesson, explore the themes of freedom and social justice.
Roberta Richman, assistant director of rehabilitative services asks, "What circumstances did they have to survive on the street to bring them to where they are now? Do we want to save those lives or do we want to discard them?" What is your response to this quote?
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- Video created by Global Oneness Project
- Lesson Plan created by Cleary Vaughan-Lee