The Alumni Ex-Offenders Association (AEA) is a group of formerly incarcerated men and women that provides resources to ex-offenders. We assist individuals in reconnecting to families and communities that sorely need our talents. Our meetings build on our members’ skills through Reconstruction’s Community Capacity-Building Curriculum.
AEA holds facilitation workshops in our communities with the goal of building self-understanding and self-awareness. Workshops also create positive role models for personal, familial and political growth. We nurture interpersonal bonds and strive to heal our historical wounds. Grounded in African and African-American traditions, our past workshops have tackled “post-traumatic slave syndrome” and its effect on individuals of all racial backgrounds throughout U.S. history.
Below is a photograph from AEA’s project with Phila Assembled (2016-2017):
The photos below were taken by Tim Tiebout:
Recent Posts by AEA:
- Reconstruction Beyond 30 Years
An open letter from Reconstruction’s founder William Goldsby The purpose of this communication is to share briefly with you a piece of my personal story and to summarize the journey I have had with many of you within theRead more… Read more… - HISTORY and RECONSTRUCTIONPew’s Center for Arts and Heritage has funded Reconstruction, Inc. to match an African American story teller, psychologist along with historians in the field of African American history together with a group of African American men who are membersRead more… Read more…