OUTSIDE DESIGNED CONVICTION THE MAGAZINE JAN 2020
Dear friends and family, If you are coming across this magazine for the first time, I would like to welcome you to the platform that provides an outlet for the positive works that transform lives. We’re giving hope, inspiration, and breathing life into those who don’t have the opportunity. #incarceratedlivesmatter If you’re turning back in, I just want to welcome you back and thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting what we are doing. This is not easy and comes with great struggle through crucibles and hardships. Many sacrifices have been made to make this possible. I would like to thank those responsible for making this possible. My wife Cecilia has built this with me from the ground up, taken my concept, believed in the dream and breathed life into it. Along the way, we’ve built a team and I would like to give recognition to Candace, AKA Salty Candace, Eduardo, and Sara, who not only work hard but believe in the concept.
Dear friends and family, If you are coming across this magazine for the first time, I would like to welcome you to the platform that provides an outlet for the positive works that transform lives. We’re giving hope, inspiration, and breathing life into those who don’t have the opportunity. #incarceratedlivesmatter If you’re turning back in, I just want to welcome you back and thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting what we are doing. This is not easy and comes with great struggle through crucibles and hardships. Many sacrifices have been made to make this possible. I would like to thank those responsible for making this possible. My wife Cecilia has built this with me from the ground up, taken my concept, believed in the dream and breathed life into it. Along the way, we’ve built a team and I would like to give recognition to Candace, AKA Salty Candace, Eduardo, and Sara, who not only work hard but believe in the concept.
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<strong>OUTSIDE</strong> <strong>DESIGNED</strong> <strong>CONVICTION</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>MAGAZINE</strong> |<br />
19<br />
Working for the cause<br />
By Salty Candace<br />
I was reaching out to all types of organizations for inspiration<br />
and information on how to take Designed Conviction to<br />
the next level so that we could help more incarcerated<br />
individuals. As an independent company in our infancy,<br />
I wanted to establish contacts that would help propel<br />
Designed Conviction into becoming a valuable resource for<br />
the incarcerated.<br />
I contacted Manny Cawaling with Inspire Washington. Inspire<br />
Washington increases public access to arts, heritage, and<br />
science activities through advocacy, resource development,<br />
education, and coalition building. They champion the positive<br />
impact of people and organizations that provide cultural<br />
programs, activities, and experiences.<br />
https://www.culturalaccesswa.org/inspire-washington<br />
Mr. Cawaling invited me to attend the Inspire Washington’s<br />
Cultural Congress in Toppenish WA. There I would be able<br />
to network with the most influential art organizations in<br />
Washington State. I applied for a scholarship to help pay for<br />
the congress and was accepted.<br />
I can not say enough about Inspire Washington and what<br />
they are accomplishing! Being able to attend gave voice and<br />
a face to Designed Conviction that would otherwise not have<br />
been possible. I was met with so much positive support that<br />
it brought me to tears. Every person I made contact with saw<br />
the value of what we are trying to accomplish, each had their<br />
own experiences with the American Prison System.<br />
They agreed that ART has the ability to transform and<br />
change lives and that more reform programs should<br />
be made available.<br />
Since attending the Cultural Congress I have been able<br />
to meet and collaborate with other individuals and<br />
organizations that have helped Designed Conviction<br />
thrive.<br />
I met Adrienne LaFaye, a painter, author, filmmaker,<br />
and Community Social Art Educator in Washington<br />
State. Ms. LaFaye is working on a project called<br />
Portraits of Forgotten Women, where she visits<br />
women’s prisons and paints portraits of the women<br />
she meets. She takes a film crew with her and gets to<br />
know the women. She takes what she learns about<br />
each individual and uses their personal stories to<br />
paint them a portrait of themselves. Each participant<br />
receives their own portrait made by Adrienne as a<br />
message of encouragement.<br />
“I believe in giving back to my community,” says<br />
Adrienne, whether it be at large or individually. I am<br />
civically inspired to make the world around me a better<br />
place by rolling up my sleeves and work to make a<br />
difference. Adrienne was quick to agree to an interview<br />
for our Life of a Lifer podcast, it aired November 25,<br />
2019, and can be heard on www.lifeofalifer.com<br />
Did you know?<br />
Designed Conviction’s founder is serving a Life without parole sentence at Washington State.<br />
Convicted at the age of 20. Designed Conviction, a social enterprise, was born out of his need to<br />
live outside the prison walls to do something positive and productive. Designed Conviction is about<br />
breaking the stigma put on incarcerated individuals.<br />
#DesignedConviction #SocialEnterprise #SocialShift #SecondChances #IncarceratedLivesMatterToo.
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