INSIDE /OUTSIDE MEDIA INITIATIVE

Everything we do leads back to bridging the divide between 'inside' and 'outside'. We bring expansive, transformative media to incarcerated learners through our partnership with Edovo with the potential to reach over 1million incarcerated learners each day in more than 1500+ jails and prisons nationwide. We work with Edovo because they ensure that all content is available for free to every learner.

By curating content that challenges perspectives, teaches digital and financial literacy, and encourages self-reflection, we support incarcerated individuals in preparing for an empowered transition home—while building shared media experiences that connect learners across the walls with their families

Our core pillars are:

Mind-Expanding Learning: Curated films, documentaries, and educational media designed to spark debate, unlock creativity, and build skills vital for personal growth and re-entry.

Connection Beyond the Walls: By sharing identical media experiences with family members on the outside, we create a shared framework for conversation, empathy, and mutual understanding.

Continuity & Support: Bridging the gap between incarceration and re-entry through sustained narrative threads, enabling families to stay aligned and supportive throughout the transition home.

We always have new projects and partnerships in the pipeline

so check back regularly to see what's cooking!

Homecoming Archive: Email Basics

A nine-part series that gets every learner ready to seamlessly integrate email into their lives. Topics include: inbox management, the use of AI in email, professional email etiquette, and much more.

Check out the training videos on our YouTube here.

Re-Entry Finance: Credit

Solidarity Media Network and Wescom Financial have paired up to create a re-entry finance curriculum specifically for incarcerated learners. The resource includes interactive instruction and real audio testimonial from people who have direct experience managing finances during re-entry. Our first resource will address credit: how to build it and how to maintain it.

Find Wescom Financial's free financial education here.

Indigenous Community Storytelling: Reciprocity Project Season 1

What does reciprocity mean to you? This is the frame for the short documentaries in Reciprocity Project Season 1. Reciprocity Project aims to create a paradigm shift that reframes our relationships to the Earth, other living beings, and one another. Reciprocity Project is co-produced by Nia Tero and Upstander Project in association with REI Co-Op Studios. Solidarity Media Network has used the abundant materials created for this project to build an interactive resource that includes videos and discussion guides.

Watch the Reciprocity Project: Season 1 films here.

Sounds Outside

An immersive and educational sound podcast that shares magnificent recordings of natural places from the perspective of the sound recordist. Created in collaboration with Nature Sounds Society, Solidarity Media Network will release this podcast for incarcerated learners as an interactive educational resource and for the general public too!

Explore the sonic world of the Nature Sounds Society here.