"Game On for Realness" A night of fun and connection ~ Nov 1st ~ Save The Date!
"Game On for Realness" A night of fun and connection ~ Nov 1st ~ Save The Date!
Empowering
Safer Communities
We help people emerge from prison with new communication and relational skills, retooled for successful reentry into society.
Breaking Ground in the Prison System
Realness Project is the first organization to bring the power of Authentic Relating Trainings to over a thousand people living behind bars.
And it’s working: our recidivism rate is hovering at 6%.
The System is Broken
The Correctional system is failing to correct behavior and that means more crime on our streets. More families in distress. More unnecessary heartbreak and financial cost.
2 Million
PEOPLE IN PRISON & JAILS
The U.S. is the world leader in incarceration, with 2.2 million people behind bars — a 500% increase over the last 40 years.
83%
ARRESTED AFTER RELEASE
More than 4 out of 5 prisoners are arrested within 9 years of their release — half of those are arrested within the first year.
A Path to Freedom
Every day at Realness Project, we encounter incarcerated people who not only who have the capacity to learn skills that will help them reintegrate into society and become productive, law abiding, tax paying citizens, but also are hungry for this kind of transformation.
Realness Project programs are designed to empower participants to communicate with confidence, handle conflict with grace, and develop healthy, sustainable relationships with their partners, children, parents, bosses, coworkers, and most importantly, themselves.
How Did This Program Start?
Get Inspired!
Listen to this 30 minutes interview of Founder, Laurie Lazar, as she explains roots of the organization.
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