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BEYOND BARS Reentry Project
Your donation helps support our organization's mission to advance equity to secure strong futures for women and girls around the world. Our BEYOND BARS Reentry Project uplifts formerly incarcerated women who are rebuilding lives, families, and communities. We promote healing for formerly incarcerated women by taking a multifaceted approach to the intersection of poverty, criminality, racial healing, equity, and reconciliation.
Our Programs
Our BEYOND BARS Reentry Program is offered to formerly incarcerated women within the State of Hawai'i and throughout the US with online courses that are part of 25-module Skillset Development and Expressive Arts Program.
This innovative program serves those who are involved in the trauma-to-prison pipeline who face significant challenges to employment opportunities, housing, adequate access-to-care, and more. Rehabilitation services offer optimal healing within a construct of conscious transformation for personal growth, educational methodologies to reduce recidivism, and mental health referrals.
Our justice-involved staff believes that those who have gone through the trauma-to-prison pipeline system better understand what is truly needed for successful reentry. Our staff includes formerly incarcerated individuals as well as professionals from various occupations in diverse industries who bring rich lived experiences to their service.
As a member of the Going Home Hawai`i Consortium the Tahirih Association is active in creating a new approach to corrections.
Our Impact
Find out how we've made a difference in the community and the lives of those we serve. We are committed to improving the lives of others.
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The Tahirih Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization administered by a Board of Directors and Advisors.
Contributions support a wide variety of educational programs with emphasis on art and science programs.
The Tahirih Association grants educational scholarships to women, youth, and individuals around the world who demonstrate excellence in artistic expression, technology and science. Scholarships are awarded annually with priority given to female applicants. Scholarships may also be granted in co-sponsorship with other educational institutions, social and economic development programs, or religious institutions.
The Tahirih Association produces educational materials related to the life of Tahirih, women’s history, and information about the ongoing struggle for universal human rights.
About the Tahirih Association
Our History
Our History
Our History
The Tahirih Association was founded in 2000 as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization. Our EIN 86-1014807. The organization is administered by a Board of Directors and Advisory Council.
The Tahirih Association promotes the education of women and girls around the world; endorses the equality of all people; offers education and
The Tahirih Association was founded in 2000 as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization. Our EIN 86-1014807. The organization is administered by a Board of Directors and Advisory Council.
The Tahirih Association promotes the education of women and girls around the world; endorses the equality of all people; offers education and empowerment opportunities to women and program participants; advances gender equality; utilizes expressive arts to enhance personal transformation; and educates the public about Tahirih, the namesake of the organization whose inspirational story continues to motivate others.
The Tahirih Association is dedicated to promoting the vision of Tahirih (Ta-hair-AY), who lived from 1815-1852. She was one of the earliest women in the struggle for human rights and equality. This legendary 19th century Persian poetess and legal scholar has become known as Joan of Arc of the Eastern world. Tahirih was a transformational leader who called for social and religious freedom at a time when she herself was not allowed such rights. Tahirih’s courage, commitment to justice, and sacrifice remain an inspiration to all.
What We Do
Our History
Our History
The Tahirih Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization administered by a Board of Directors and Advisors.
The Tahirih Association is dedicated to promoting the vision of Tahirih (Ta-hair-AY), who lived from 1815-1852. She was one of the earliest women in the struggle for human rights and equality. This legendary 19th
The Tahirih Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization administered by a Board of Directors and Advisors.
The Tahirih Association is dedicated to promoting the vision of Tahirih (Ta-hair-AY), who lived from 1815-1852. She was one of the earliest women in the struggle for human rights and equality. This legendary 19th century Persian poetess and legal scholar has become known as Joan of Arc of the Eastern world. Tahirih was a transformational leader who called for social and religious freedom at a time when she herself was not allowed such rights. Tahirih’s courage, commitment to justice, and sacrifice remain an inspiration to all.
The Tahirih Association endeavors to empower and motivate individuals with service programs that:
Promote equality of all people
Fosters social well-being, harmony, world unity, and universal brotherhood Advances gender equality; and
Utilizes the arts to educate the public about Tahirih’s mission.
Contributions support a wide variety of educational programs with emphasis on art and science programs.The Tahirih Association grants educational scholarships to women, youth, and individuals around the world who demonstrate excellence in artistic expression, technology and science. Scholarships are awarded annually with priority given to female applicants. Scholarships may also be granted in co-sponsorship with other educational institutions, social and economic development programs, or religious institutions.
The Tahirih Association produces educational materials related to the life of Tahirih, women’s history, and information about the ongoing struggle for universal human rights.The Tahirih Association supports girls and women in ways we are able. We offer four programs to girls, women, and communities in several locations.
1. BEYOND BARS Prison Project - Women's Community Correctional Center & Federal Detention Center, Kailua and Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiʻi
This innovative in-prison and re-entry program offers:
- A 25-module Personal Development Curriculum Program
- Mentor programs
- Recovery system that addresses social and cultural determinants
- Gender-responsive approach that acknowledges the unique pathways into, and out of, the criminal justice system for women
- Rehabilitation services offer optimal healing within a construct of conscious transformation for personal growth, educational methodologies to reduce recidivism, and mental health referrals
- Public awareness about the intersection of incarceration, physical wellness, mental health, and trauma
· In 2023 we produced and the award-winning documentary, BEYOND BARS: Prison Women Speak that features three women telling their stories how and what led them to prison. The film has been viewed around the world
2. Educate A Girl, Change The World Scholarship Program
Since 2000, we have awarded 22 scholarships to girls and women ages 12-74 who have proven themselves agents of change in their communities. They are located in six countries:
· Lakota/Oglala Nation (1)
· Liberia (10)
· Honduras (1)
· Namibia (1)
· South Africa (1)
· United States (8)
3. Na Pua Hala Creations, Kailua, Hawaiʻi
This multi-pronged healing modality is designed and organized by noted Kumu Hulu Charlani Kalama and Charnay Kalama-Macomber. Since hula is a practice through which Hawaiians connect with natural foundations and ancestral wisdom, the Kalamas educate anyone interested in Hawaiian culture and offer in-person classes that provide healing through hula movement. Their practice:
· Enriches the mind, body, and heart to enlighten and empower individuals in transition to better health.
· Teaching participants of all ages, from keiki to kupuna, individuals learn chants, mele, and oli to further deepen understanding of traditional hula.
· Participants also learn the value of creating implements associated with traditional hula performance, such as uliʻuli (gourds filled with small shells, seeds, or pebbles; puʻili: nodes of bamboo split lengthwise into many strips which run most of the node's length; ʻiliʻili: pebbles; and kalaʻau(hardwood sticks of various lengths, struck together to produce sounds).
4. Light of Africa - Mamelodi Township,
South Africa
This public-private partnership is a social and economic development project offers:
· Hygiene products
· Food distribution to elders, and safe houses to women and children experiencing domestic violence
· Food sustainability through garden program
· Domestic Violence safe house
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