Benevolence Farm specializes in rural reentry, which means we are front and center to the unique challenges rural communities face. One of those major barriers is the lack of transportation, and thus, the necessity of a vehicle to perform everyday tasks, including driving to work. There are …
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September 2023: Our Wins
We believe there is no such thing as a "small win." Everyone deserves a little celebration. Here are the latest Benevolence Farm accomplishments.HW got behind the wheel for the first time in her life! She is practicing for her driving test later this month and hopes to get her license.• CD secured a …
August 2023 Update: Freedom Dreaming In The Summer
Friend, How are you doing? Like many of y'all, we are braving the heat and trying to keep the garden protected from the weeds and the birds. There hasn't been much time to slow down with everything that's been happening at Benevolence Farm! We've spent the last few weeks brainstorming a more …
Summer on the Farm
Hey y'all! Brett here, Farm Enterprise Manager, with some fun updates from the Farm this hot summer. Roots of Success graduationsFirst, we want to celebrate two of our residents who completed all ten modules of the Roots of Success Environmental Literacy & Job Training program. This course …
A Truly Free Woman
This past Tuesday, May 2, Mona and the BF Team made our way to the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh to voice our support for the Second Chance Legislative Agenda to our state representatives. Second Chance Lobby Day was game changing. As Mona shared, "I saw so many people …
Second Chance Lobby Day 2023
Benevolence Farm is excited to attend this year's Second Chance Lobby Day. What exactly is Second Chance Lobby Day? Second Chance Lobby Day is a time for all who believe in second chances to come together to speak to our North Carolina lawmakers about the criminal legal and reentry issues that are …
Benevolence Farm voices opposition to amendment of Bureau of Prisons’ “Inmate Financial Responsibility Program”
Submitted online via regulations.gov with research conducted by the Fines & Fees Justice Center For more information about the proposed amendment, click here. RE Inmate Financial Responsibility Program: Procedures Benevolence Farm writes to offer comments on the Bureau of …
As pandemic-era SNAP benefits ends, thousands more left out entirely
By: Kristen Powers, Executive Director On March 1, families across North Carolina will lose out on additional supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP) made available during the height of the pandemic. As North Carolinians struggle to adjust to this loss at a time of intense inflation and rising …
November is too late to build electoral power
Republished with permission from the author. In the U.S. South, race is one of the most significant hurdles to our social political progress. Racialized geographies haunt our daily interactions. They are infused into our collective memory banks, dictating much of the ways we show up in our …
Remembering Deb Ainsworth
Deb Ainsworth (1956 - 2023)Deb Ainsworth arrived at The Farm in December 2018 after 27 years of incarceration. The first resident she met upon her arrival was Lady, our original Farm Dog. Just a few weeks later, it snowed. For the first time in nearly 30 years, Deb was the first person to walk …
Meet the Dream Team: Katie
The Dream Team Series highlights the amazing work of each of our staff members. Over the past few weeks, we've highlighted each team member on different platforms and mediums. Today, we'd like to introduce you to Katie Anderson, Second Chance Alamance Project Manager How did you come to know …
Eight Days of Oil
Hanukkah is a celebration of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebel warriors, who fought to recover Jerusalem and the Second Temple. The Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting. The …
