The Summer Freedom Match Campaign
"The Empathy in Action program changed us, and we will back it with what little we have."
These are the words of a a small group of incarcerated men inside prison who just challenged the outside world to care as deeply about them as they care about us.
It can take a lifetime to save $5,000 behind bars. And they are giving every dollar of it away — not for themselves, but for us. For this community. For healing that reaches beyond the walls.
They have the least. They're giving first. Will you match the men who are matching you?
WHAT THEY STARTED, WE CAN FINISH
Incarcerated participants from our Empathy in Action program have put up a $5,000 matching gift challenge. Every donation you make this summer gets doubled — dollar for dollar — until we hit the goal.
They believed in this work enough to sacrifice for it from behind prison walls. Now we’re asking the outside community to meet that kind of faith.
WHAT YOUR GIFT BUILDS
📚 Books and materials for the Summer 2026 Empathy in Action program
📖 Facilitator training manuals as we prepare to expand and develop new leaders
🎉 Our annual Volunteer Appreciation Celebration — honoring the people who keep showing up
🎬 Rental and event costs for the one-year anniversary screening of Going Inside: Empathy in Action at Golden State Theatre
👕 Outreach materials and merchandise that help grow the movement beyond this season
YOUR DOLLARS, DOUBLED
$25 → $50
$100 → $200
$500 → $1,000
$2,250 → completes half the match
$5,000 → unlocks the full challenge
THIS IS WHAT TRANSFORMATION LOOKS LIKE
What started as a single inside-out prison dialogue program has become a living bridge between the incarcerated and the public, between accountability and healing, between who we were and who we still have the capacity to become.
The most powerful part? The people most changed by this work keep choosing to invest in it.
That’s not a program. That’s a movement.
Give today. Double your impact. Help us carry this work through the summer and beyond.
P.S. Matching gifts don’t last forever. We have been given 7 days, until June 4. If you’ve been thinking about supporting this work, now is the moment your generosity counts twice. A few men with very little chose to give years of savings so this work could continue. Don’t let that go unanswered.