World’s First Online White Collar Support Group to Celebrate It’s 200th Meeting on April 13, 2020
Greenwich, CT — (Feb. 27, 2019) — Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc. (prisonist.org) proudly announces that it will be hosting the 200 thconsecutive weekly meeting of the world’s first and only Confidential Online White Collar Support Group on Monday, April 13th at 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT.
Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div., who developed and hosts the meeting, explained the significance of this milestone. “We are extremely proud that this group gets bigger and better each week. When we started the group four years ago, we had a dream that people with white collar justice issues, and who are otherwise economy exiled, who are living in shame, guilt, fear and isolation could form a supportive community to accept full responsibility for our behavior, make amends, and embrace new lives of compassion, empathy and kindness. We support each other and reach out to others suffering in silence.”
Every Monday evening, Progressive Prison Ministries, through its popular criminal justice resource site prisonist.org, hosts the 75 minute meeting on Zoom. Attendance is steadily increasing. “We’ve had over 175 men and women participating online from 25 different states — and Canada, South America and the Caribbean,” Grant said.
“While everyone who participates in the forum has been prosecuted for a white collar or is otherwise exiled from the economy, the group is solution oriented and dedicated to understanding, encouragement, and sharing resources and practical advice for long term success,” Grant explained.
Several individuals from the group have volunteered their testimonials, with many more testimonials online:
“This support group has given me an opportunity to share my thoughts, concerns and emotional trauma with a compassionate and understanding group of people who all traveled a similar journey…” said Jeffrey Abramowitz, Pennsylvania
“Finding the group was such a turning point for me as I was lost. The group helped me with my immense feelings of guilt and how to overcome issues that I never knew would exist for me…” Jacqueline Purcell Polverari, Connecticut
I heard Jeff Grant interviewed on the Rich Roll podcast and knew I had to contact him, if nothing else, just to thank him for opening up and helping me realize that there are many others going through difficult situations…many, much worse than mine. He asked me to join the , telling me it’s the isolation that destroys us, and that the solution is in community…” Anonymous, Ohio
Grant explained, “Most prosecuted for white collar crimes can’t go back to their old lives and careers, so what choice do they really have? Why not embrace a completely new life, with new options, and new opportunities centered on spirituality and doing the right things? The most fortunate are those who figure out that their attempts to solve problems in isolation are not working, and that they no longer have to go it alone.”
For those who would like to participate each week, Progressive Prison Ministries sends out login instructions with a unique link for that week’s meeting. Participants choose to login via video on a computer, tablet or smart phone that is equipped with a camera, or audio only via phone. Support group information and contact information is at https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group. Those currently on supervised release, probation or parole, MUST first discuss participation in the group with their parole or probation officer.
About Progressive Prison Ministries:
Established in 2012 in Greenwich, Connecticut, Progressive Prison Ministries is the world’s first ministry created to support individuals, families and organizations with white-collar justice issues or who are otherwise economy exiled. More information is available at Progressive Prison Ministries and on its social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
About Progressive Prison Ministries’ Co-Founders:
Co-founders Jeff Grant and Lynn Springer were featured in a twelve-page article in Greenwich Magazine: “The Redemption of Jeff Grant”. After an addiction to prescription opioids and serving almost fourteen months in a Federal prison for a white-collar crime he committed when he was a lawyer, Jeff began his own reentry — earning a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City with a focus in Christian Social Ethics.
For additional information: Rev. Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div., (203) 405–6249; info@prisonist.org, website: prisonist.org.
Originally published at https://prisonist.org.
