https://www.powerblossoms.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2024-12-18 https://www.powerblossoms.org/projects/legal-support daily 0.75 2020-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e59c5889f100738321c40ca/1587422362227-A6O4ZBSEVZEA1SD7F8XB/pixel+book.png Legal Support - Legal Support While we can’t take on any legal cases, we at Power Blossoms are putting together a team of paralegals, lawyers, and other interested people with two major aims: distributing legal self-advocacy resources tracking what’s going on with our members’ legal situations. If this sounds like a team you’d like to contribute your energies to, please Get Involved! https://www.powerblossoms.org/projects/letter-writing daily 0.75 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e59c5889f100738321c40ca/1587367050346-XERAMIJWYYH9ILTEPZ9Q/Penpal-Matching.png Letter-Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e59c5889f100738321c40ca/1595455792586-XM41PVEJMD5AXLD9MAL8/BlossomMail.png Letter-Writing - Form a PenPod (Online) Those who want to build a long-term friendship with an incarcerated trans or queer person can utilize our entirely online and free penpal-matching and correspondence program. You and 1–3 friends sign up for a penpal together, then read and write all of your mail from home! (We also still offer one-on-one penpaling for those who need it.) Learn how to become penpals today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e59c5889f100738321c40ca/2798a800-b983-44ae-9eb8-b736f411a1fa/PO+Box.png Letter-Writing - Reply to Letters (Offline) For those who cannot commit to penpaling but who want a deeper engagement with our LGBTQ+ family inside, we are now offering “Conversations with Power Blossoms.” This program, which takes place only in person, provides you with all the support you need to reply to one of the many letters we receive at our PO Box that is simply seeking someone to talk to. As this is mail our volunteers would otherwise be unable to respond to, your participation fulfills an important need! We meet in East Hollywood on the second Tuesday of each month and in East LA on the fourth Sunday. Check our Instagram for updated details or sign up to get involved! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e59c5889f100738321c40ca/1595456247490-2MP1G8DRW30OQ5BX1LO2/birthdaycards1.JPG Letter-Writing - Write Cards (Online) For those new to writing incarcerated people or who cannot take on the responsibility of penpaling, birthday cards are another great way to show love and support! We print your message on unique templates to create custom cards our inside members deeply appreciate. 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