For those about to Unlock, we salute you.

The Edovo Foundation recently did a thing called #UnlockDay on social media. They asked people to post the Unlock emoji 🔓, along with the hashtags of #Edovo and #UnlockDay in their feeds, and to mention Edovo's account on the platform (either @Edovo or /EdovoFoundation, depending on where you are).

I received notice that it was not only a resounding success, but that they are extending it for a full week. So through the 31st of March, 2025, for every 🔓 that you add to your publicly readable message with the above tags, a sponsor will pay for a day's worth of Edovo to help feed these minds behind the wires.
That's right: posting a 🔓 or 42 helps to take bricks out of the Build-A-Monster factories by providing opportunities to learn to someone like me.

What so many of you do not realize, or even know: at some prison camps, our only option for education is whatever we can get on our tablets. We don't have an internet connection here like most of you have used to read this message. When your camp lags behind on providing ways to learn, you can see the rate of violence go up, up, up. There's not enough seats in the educational or vocational programs, either, so not everyone who wants to go can go -- you wait in queue for months or years to get into a class, and that's assuming you aren't banned from the class for having a long or life sentence.

We already have proof, data, showing that educating people in prison is beneficial to everyone involved. A lifer with an education is more likely to mentor a short-timer, in an attempt to not see that person again. A long-term individual is more likely to mentor, for the same reason. Edovo plays wonderfully into that deck, providing tools for us long-term or life-term justice-impacted individuals to encourage these people getting out in a year or two to get it by their hands -- put their hands to work, diligently seeking a better way.

So please, I ask you, hit up wherever Edovo has a presence, and fill up a message with ∆×{emoji: unlocked}.

Check out the UnlockDay.org media for more detail, including which social platforms Edovo uses.

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