Anthroposophical Prison Outreach Canada (APOC) is still in its infancy.\u00a0 We have mailed posters and two books \u2013 Knowledge of Higher Worlds and Theosophy \u2013 to all prison libraries in federal institutions.\u00a0 We have provided information packets to a few inmates who responded to our invitations.\u00a0 We have a book list prepared to share with prisoners who wish to engage with our lending library.\u00a0 We have prepared a detailed Facilitator\u2019s Guide for delivering a 7 week seminar on the 6 Introductory Exercises at a prison.\u00a0 We will shortly mail to federal prisons a third book and a number of newsletters prepared by Anthroposophical Prison Outreach in the U.S.<\/p>\n
However, we have reached a cross-roads of sorts.\u00a0 To move forward and develop more meaningful connections with prisoners, it will be necessary to engage over the phone and via email frequently with prison administrators, librarians and chaplains.\u00a0This will require an ongoing time commitment during the work week (Mondays to Fridays).\u00a0 Unfortunately, this is practically unfeasible for the current leader of the initiative, Tim Nadelle, who has a demanding full-time career.<\/p>\n
APOC, therefore, is seeking new leadership, a person willing to take on the role of Director.\u00a0 This will be a volunteer position, as APOC does not have funding for any full-time staff.\u00a0 The Director will be responsible for building and driving APOC\u2019s vision for the future, for strategic decision-making, for communicating with prison employees and for organising APOC\u2019s operations.\u00a0 It may also require expanding the small group of volunteers supporting the initiative.\u00a0It will sometimes be necessary to roll up your sleeves, buy stamps, print labels and other materials and mail packages.\u00a0 A volunteer commitment of ten hours per week on average, during the work week, would likely suffice.<\/p>\n
This is an opportunity to bring anthroposophy within the reach of some of society\u2019s most disenfranchised people, to really make a positive difference in their lives.\u00a0 Our colleagues in the U.S. have been running Anthroposophical Prison outreach for almost twenty years and have helped thousands of prisoners find inspiration and a path forward.\u00a0 If anyone is interested in learning more about this leadership role, please contact Tim Nadelle.\u00a0 Tim\u2019s email address is tnadelle@yahoo.ca<\/a>.\u00a0 Or just contact the Anthroposophical Society\u2019s Administrator, Jef Saunders<\/a>, who can introduce you to Tim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anthroposophical Prison Outreach Canada (APOC) is still in its infancy.\u00a0 We have mailed posters and two books \u2013 Knowledge of Higher Worlds and Theosophy \u2013 to all prison libraries in federal institutions.\u00a0 We have provided information packets to a few inmates who responded to our…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5168,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions\/5168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}