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Founder’s Statement

My name is Louis Fields Jr. I am currently incarcerated at The Grafton Correctional Institution in Grafton Ohio, in 1998 I took a man's life during a drug deal. My actions caused a negative ripple effect on the families and communities left to figure out how to pick up the pieces of my destruction. This sobering reality lead me to figure out how I can begin a positive ripple as a way to prevent others from going down the same path I chose. Meaningful participation in the cognitive behavior programing offered by The Ohio Department Of Rehabilitation & Corrections provided me with new information that challenged my old way of thinking and gave my mind a chance to consider new ideas and a new way of thinking. I am thankful to The O.D.R.&C. for allowing me the opportunity to apply what I learned. Providing a platform to create and facilitate my own programs has been vital to my ability to begin making a positive change in the community, from the inside out. I am founder and creator of two programs geared toward purposeful inner- personal development. Builder's: Rebuilding Families and Communities As We Rebuild Ourselves teaches and promotes the principles of Restorative Justice based on the teachings of Mr. Howard Zehr. Mr. Zehr's restorative principles requires us to make things right with those we've harmed by our crime. Books For Bruises is my tool for making amends. Books For Bruises: L.O.V.E. Learning Overcoming Violence Everyday promotes healing, learning and growth for children and families disrupted by crime by providing children and families from the kinship population with evidence based books that deal with trauma, S.T.E.M., and education. Books For Bruises: L.earning O.vercoming V.iolence E.veryday is an upstream intervention for children who are at risk for development of childhood P.T.S.D. from trauma associated with parent/guardian loss caused by. *Incarceration *Death brought about by violence *Drug/alcohol addiction *Mental health diagnosis *Domestic Violence *Homelessness Our thinking process is the foundation of how and why we decide to permit or reject certain circumstances to develop in our lives. Ultimately what's at stake is life or death, this simple process is how all the decisions of our mind occur. Every thought and decision from do I eat the doughnut, or an apple, do I solve problems with violence or utilize avoidance. The ability to process my own emotions and control my impulses, then communicate my thoughts had to be learned. Books For Bruises: L.earning O.vercoming V.iolence E.veryday recognizes that their is strength in numbers. Books For Bruises hope and goal is that thousands will take the pledge and post it on social media as a show of solidarity to promote, practice, perfect, and produce L.O.V.E. Learning Overcoming Violence Everyday. BOOKS FOR BRUISES: Learning Overcoming Violence Everyday L.O.V.E. PLEDGE I will promote L.earning O.vercoming V.iolence E.veryday I will practice L.O.V.E. in my thinking, my speech, and my actions. I will perfect L.O.V.E within myself, my family, and my community. I will produce L.O.V.E. by speaking and acting towards others kindness. I ----------------------------- pledge my commitment to L.earning O.vercoming V.iolence E.veryday