RISE Academy (seeurise.org) is delighted to announce that they will be holding their Women’s Wellness Coffee Hour on Saturday, December 17 from 11 a.m. to noon. The coffee hour will be held at The Mill on 330 S 21st St. in Lincoln. The Women’s Wellness Coffee Hour is a support-based coffee hour for women impacted by incarceration. This coffee hour is open to all women including RISE Graduates and community members, with their own personal lived experience or have a spouse or loved one incarcerated. RISE hosts this coffee hour every third Saturday at the same location. If you have any questions regarding this event please contact Alana Alexander at (402) 619-7680 or email her at aalexander@seeusrise.org.

RISE Academy is the largest nonprofit in Nebraska focused on rehabilitative programming in prisons and reentry support. At RISE, transformation starts pre-release, continuing post-release. With an inside/out model bridging incarceration to the community, RISE has served 590 incarcerated individuals, returning citizens, and families impacted by the criminal justice system. RISE’s mission is to break generational cycles of incarceration with tough love, witness, entrepreneurial mindset, grit, and rebuilding. For more information, visit seeurise.org.