I’ve been a fan of the California Innocence Projects for some time.
Essentially they defend people who are innocent of crimes and try to get them freed from prison.
These are innocent people who have been wrongly convicted.
I thought it might be nice to volunteer to take these people into the Wilderness (Yosemite, Sequoia) after they have been in prison for so long.
It would be the opposite of what they experienced.
I’ve reached out to them and they are very receptive to the idea and I’m going to jump on a call with them tomorrow.
I’m wondering if anyone would be interesting in collaborating on this with me. It would be nice to have 2-4 of us take them out either in small groups or one at a time. It would be more fun with a small group of us.
Additionally I would probably need to get some donations of gear. Probably older gear in the form of backpacks, etc. Either that or perhaps the core members could just keep the gear and we can have a “virtual kit” of gear setup that we can pool for depending on the person we’re bringing.
I’m also going to be filming this and their reaction to being in the woods. Should make for an interesting video. (assuming they want to be filmed that is…)
Kevin
