Hello! Thank you for joining the mailing list for Services to People Who Are Incarcerated. I'm very excited about this group and our future conversations! I hope that this list can be used for coordination, resource sharing, and supporting one another in better serving our library patrons inside of jails and prisons. CLA 2019 The CLA call for conference proposals for the 2019 conference is open now! It closes on March 21, 2019. I'm aware that a few CDCR librarians are currently working on a proposal and want to encourage other librarians providing library services inside of jails and prisons to submit as well. I invite any interested presenters to use this list for conversations about proposal design and to identify possible collaborators. You can find the full call for proposals at https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=LKUGSOLA <https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=LKUGSOLA> Please also review this funding opportunity for Arts in Corrections - I'm hoping it is relevant to some of your connections. ABOUT ARTS IN CORRECTIONS Administered by the California Arts Council and made possible via an interagency agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California’s Arts in Corrections program is designed to prepare incarcerated individuals for success upon release, enhance rehabilitative goals, and improve the safety and environment of state prisons. The program is internationally recognized for its high-impact, innovative approach to addressing the state’s public safety needs and rehabilitative priorities through arts and culture. Services provided span the full spectrum of art disciplines, with organizations offering instruction in visual, performing, literary, traditional and cultural arts. Now in its sixth year, arts programming has grown to reach all 35 state adult correctional institutions. Learn more at <https://artsincorrections.org><http://www.artsincorrections.org><http://www.artsincorrections.org>www.artsincorrections.org<https://www.artsincorrections.org/> <https://artsincorrections.org><http://www.artsincorrections.org>The California Arts Council is currently seeking proposals from arts organizations for the purpose of diversifying the range and number of arts workshop offerings as part of California’s Arts in Corrections program. Organizations interested in providing rehabilitative arts services for incarcerated individuals at state correctional facilities are encouraged to apply for funding. <https://artsincorrections.org><http://www.artsincorrections.org> Deadline: April 8, 2019 – 12 p.m. Please contact Arts in Corrections Interim Program Manager Mariana Moscoso at mariana.moscoso@arts.ca.gov<mailto:mariana.moscoso@arts.ca.gov> with any questions. All Best, Jeanie Austin (pronouns: they/them/their) Librarian Jail & Reentry Services San Francisco Public Library I work Monday through Friday at a number of locations. Please call (415) 516-1163 if you have an immediate need to reach me. Want to know more about they/them pronouns? Here's my they/them pronoun tutorial<https://jeanieaustin.com/they-them-pronouns-module/> and check out A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns<https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3562456093> by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson.<https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3562456093> <https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3562456093> <https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3562456093>