Making A Difference

As I watched the days aimlessly wandering without purpose, I thought...
How can I make a difference?
As all these injustices surround me and more troubling things my way are brought...
How can I make a difference?
As the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, and children cry...
How can I make a difference?
As the questions linger in my mind as to who, what where, when, and why...
How can I make a difference?
As I feel more and more imprisoned within the walls of my system incarcerated mind...
How can I make a difference?
As depression hits and worldly oppression spits back in the face of human kind...
How can I make a difference?
As the news reports of ghastly acts and atrocities throughout the land...
How can I make a difference?
As the government tells me how to eat, how to sleep, how to act on their command...
How can I make a difference?
As I feel that I'm alone in this journey and no one stands by my side...
How can I make a difference?
As I continue to doubt my thoughts I look around and see there is no place else to hide...
How can I make a difference?
As I stand up ferociously and strike my chest with reverence, above I ask...
How can I make a difference?
As it is written a voice within yells to me and says, "You're ready for your task...
How can YOU make a difference?
When all is said and done, have you not proven yourself worthy of everlasting light?
How can YOU make a difference?
When all your pressures and all your pains have made you strong enough to fight?
How can YOU make a difference?
When all the tools are at your disposal to undo wrongs and combat oppression?
How can YOU make a difference?
When your relentless soul has angered to fend off the tyrannies of depression?
How can YOU make a difference?
When finally you looked above in humility and asked for help to find someway...
How can YOU make a difference?
When your heart and mind come together you will find Reentry Initiatives For Today...
YOU ARE THE DIFFERENCE!

About Us And Our Organizations

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Powerful Forces Unite To Aid Those In Need

I am honored to announce the official marriage of R.I.F.T. Reentry Initiatives For Today and All Of Us Or None.  Both of these wonderful organizations have teamed up becoming a pair of powerful forces in the advocacy and aid of the formerly incarcerated.

 R.I.F.T. Reentry Initiatives For Today

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

OUR MISSION

To create career opportunities for the recently incarcerated once released is a task that we will never cease to undertake. With efforts from organizations and individuals throughout the United States we will integrate those that wish to contribute to society back into it.

ABOUT US

R.I.F.T. Reentry Initiatives For Today, a collaborative research and development strategy specifically aimed at the empowerment of the formerly incarcerated person. R.I.F.T. is a committed endeavor of assisting both men and women with the drive to become successfully reintegrated into their communities and furthermore a [real] opportunity to pursue the endeavor of becoming successful entrepreneurs.

All Of Us Or None

Who We Are

All of Us Or None is a national organizing initiative of prisoners, former prisoners and felons, to combat the many forms of discrimination that we face as the result of felony convictions. After serving time in torturous conditions, we were met at the gate with prejudice and discrimination that made our re-entry into society difficult and in some cases impossible. Many of us recognize that our prison sentence never ends as long as the discrimination against us continues.

Mission/Vision

Researchers built a wind tunnel for flies with scenes projected on the interior walls. The fly's motion is tracked with a 3D camera and the images change in response. By changing the patterns on the tunnel's walls, the scientists can control the untethered fly's movements. According to an article and video at New Scientist, understanding the complexities of insect flight could inform the development of new microrobotic aircraft. From New Scientist:

Data Images Ns Cms Dn13814 Dn13814-1 270Previous setups have presented flies with changing images but involved tethering the fly and could not change the images in response to its movements. "That is very unnatural and it becomes very difficult to interpret the data because of the strong interference by the experimenter," explains (lead researcher Steven Fry from the Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland)...

"This program defines how the world reacts to the fly's behavior," says Fry. "You gain access to information you just wouldn't get without the tools, because you can control a fly that is immersed in a virtual environment."

In future, the team plans to project more naturalistic patterns on the walls of the tunnel,

We Welcome The Opportunity To Embrace You All.

About Us And Our Organizations

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Make A Difference With R.I.F.T.

R.I.F.T. Reentry Initiatives For Today

R.I.F.T. Reentry Initiatives For Today

Leann "Mina' Lincoln
R.I.F.T. Founder
Executive Director
Chair
Research & Development
Author

Junior Sanchez {LION}
R.I.F.T.Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer
Vice Chair
Business Awareness

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

OUR MISSION

To create career opportunities for the recently incarcerated once released is a task that we will never cease to undertake. With efforts from organizations and individuals throughout the United States we will integrate those that wish to contribute to society back into it.

ABOUT US

R.I.F.T. Reentry Initiatives For Today, a collaborative research and development strategy specifically aimed at the empowerment of the formerly incarcerated person. R.I.F.T. is a committed endeavor of assisting both men and women with the drive to become successfully reintegrated into their communities and furthermore a [real] opportunity to pursue the endeavor of becoming successful entrepreneurs.

What Does Blue Iguana Software Do?

We provide a 186 point analysis covering the following:

1. Corporate Real Estate

(kitchen, bathrooms, uniforms, fleet vehicles) this analysis guides your company how to reduce your energy usage, reduce your water usage, and implement eco friendly products within your corporate real estate to reduce your carbon footprint and reduce waste.

2. Infrastructure

Guides your company through the evaluation of your company's computers, servers, office equipment and office supplies. The effect of these items have a great impact on the environment.

3. Materials/Production

If your company produces a physical product this section will help. Give you new ways to reduce your impact in the environment by changing your production, shipping, packaging and other areas within your production.

4. Business Processes

This is the BEST part. This section shows your company how to save the planet and money by changing some of your business processes. This section covers document management, HR, finance, and more. It also give you great ways to reduce waste while at the same time create team building within your company. It makes our certification different then any others.

Our certification process is not matched by any other organization.. We cover your business in a in depth comprehensive analysis and give you 35 to 50 page report about your company (consultants charge thousands of dollars for a report and its not as comprehensive).

If you score over 90% we will certify you as a green business and you will be given the rights to our "green certified" logo for all your marketing collateral.

10 Ways to Go Green and Save Money from the Bargainlist

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Many of us are way too busy to do our share to help the environment - or at least, that's how it feels much of the time. We'd like to join the fight against global warming, but who has the time? Helping the environment isn't just good for the earth... it's good for your pocketbook too. You can do it in small ways, at home and when you drive, and those ways will add up to major changes worldwide and big changes that you'll see in your budget. Continue reading for 10 tips on how to save money saving the planet.

1. CFLs. Replace regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), which are slightly more expensive but will last much longer and burn less energy when they're on. This is a small change but it adds up to big savings over time.

2. Energy-efficient appliances. There are many new energy-efficient water heaters, washers, dryers - any electrical appliance in your house, in fact. This can save tons on your power bill. Other alternatives: don't use hot water for everything, and dry your clothes using a clothes line.

3. Buy used if possible. Before buying something new, ask friends or relatives, look at garage sales or thrift shops, look on eBay or other similar sites where used stuff is sold. You're helping a product live longer, thus reducing the impact on the environment, and at the same time getting it much cheaper (and sometimes just like new).

4. Make your own coffee. If you buy coffee from a trendy coffee shop, this can save you tons every year. At $4 a pop, Starbucks (or similar) coffee can add up to nearly $1,500 a year if purchased once a day. Twice a day and you can double that figure. Making coffee at home costs only cents, and if you buy Fair Trade coffee, you're helping poor farmers and the environment. Buy in bulk to save more.

5. Eat in more. Instead of eating at fast food joints (which are horrible damagers of the environment) or expensive sit-down restaurants, save huge amounts of money by creating a simple menu, buying the groceries, and cooking at home. You can create very easy dinners in 15 minutes or less, and the cost will be a fraction of what it costs to eat out. You can avoid the excessive packaging of fast food (not to mention their ravaging of the rain forests) to help the environment.

6. Ride a bike, walk, carpool. Driving contributes to global warming and the depletion of our natural resources, not to mention pollution. So the less you drive, the better. Even if you only replace a few trips a week with a bike or walking or carpooling, you're doing your part to help stop global warming and save on gas money at the same time. Walk your kid to school, bike to the corner store, carpool or commute by bike to work.

7. Gas-saving driving. If you must drive, at least ensure that you're using less gas by doing so. Some common recommendations to do so: ease up on the gas pedal and brake pedal, be sure your tires are inflated and your engine is running smoothly, don't have your car on idle for too long, and get a fuel-efficient car.

8. Less waste. The excessive packaging of most products today, and the use of paper and plastic disposable products, is a huge contributor to the destruction of the environment. Look for products that use less packaging, or buy in bulk (or at co-ops where you bring your own containers), and use real plates and silverware instead of paper or plastic ones. Bring cloth grocery bags when you go shopping instead of using paper or plastic.

9. Insulation. Be sure your house is properly insulated to save on heating and cooling costs. Many people allow their house to lose a ton of energy a year by neglecting this important step.

10. Push mower. If you've got a relatively flat yard, and you keep your grass fairly short, today's motor less push mowers are easy to use and consume zero gas. They're not the old fashioned mowers of your grandpa's generation - they actually run very smoothly.

11. Blue Iguana Software. If you care about your business and you want them involved in helping the planet, then use Blue Iguana Software as an integrated part of your logistics. http://www.blueiguanasoftware.com/