{"id":5585,"date":"2017-02-28T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsa.buffalo.edu\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2017-02-28T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:41:36","slug":"book-drive-for-chicago-books-to-women-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/2017\/02\/28\/book-drive-for-chicago-books-to-women-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Drive for Chicago Books to Women in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gsa.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chicago-Books.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5586\" src=\"http:\/\/gsa.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chicago-Books.png\" alt=\"Chicago Books\" width=\"429\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please bring all books to Park 551, History Graduate Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: Alexandra Prince <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:alprince@buffalo.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>alprince@buffalo.edu<\/strong><\/a><strong> with any questions or to arrange a pick-up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Books to Women in Prison, <em>a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization,<\/em> is an all-volunteer group that distributes paperback books free of charge to people incarcerated in women\u2019s prisons nationwide. They are dedicated to offering women behind bars the opportunity for self-empowerment, education, and entertainment that reading provides. More at: <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagobwp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/chicagobwp.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The organization can only use certain types of books. They must be paperback, unmarked, and lightly used\/new. They must meet the topical needs of either of these two lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fchicagobwp.org%2Fhow-to-help%2Fdonations%2F&amp;h=ATMNLxWpD76DoYH4Ij_pW6ZWowFGd51pwRizCLvOPW6iHHgsLdu9wSnf6xHKm5f65DHdzXDoGnSWTkBtDe91eyA59is8bK5Pxn3w1QNATQjHRjtYi2yClN1L_hT9pnn28YJ0p0sn&amp;enc=AZN8-JoZxP4-QDf26gOILjCNHx7bzkLoDPgr-8Rmf2VVPmtXeAv3EmMiRUEJMffKtCU&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/chicagobwp.org\/how-to-help\/donations\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagobwp.org\/special-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/chicagobwp.org\/special-requests\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some relevant needs include: dictionaries, language learning, recently published popular fiction, crafts\/drawing\/puzzle books, books about prison, investing and running a business, mental health\/trauma\/addiction recovery, bisexual and transgender fiction and nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Amazon Wish-list: <\/u><\/strong><strong>Books can also be purchased directly on Amazon through Chicago Books for Women\u2019s Prisoner\u2019s Amazon wishlist. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/registry\/wishlist\/3JB7QLOISAPLO\/ref=cm_sw_su_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/registry\/wishlist\/3JB7QLOISAPLO\/ref=cm_sw_su_w<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you choose this route, please notify Alexandra at alprince@buffalo (so we can keep track) \u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please bring all books to Park 551, History Graduate Lounge Contact: Alexandra Prince alprince@buffalo.edu with any questions or to arrange a pick-up Chicago Books to Women in Prison, a 501(c)(3) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/2017\/02\/28\/book-drive-for-chicago-books-to-women-in-prison\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Drive for Chicago Books to Women in Prison<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}