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We partnered with the Grammy-award winning Silkroad ensemble, founded by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to help them bring music and dialogue to the women incarcerated in Bedford Hills, New York. They sang together and they shared space and energy and conversation, with the mission of having a moment of being human together.

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Every month, a physical envelope arrives at your door, postmarked from San Quentin Village, California. Inside, you will find original artwork, writing, and recipes from real contributors, along with a personal letter from me, Diane Kahn, founder of Humans of San Quentin, about the people who made them. You read it. You keep it.

Every piece comes from someone serving a sentence. Every piece reminds you they are so much more than that.

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