For the past year, I have had the privilege’s of working with Brooke Beckley in THE COLLECTIVE, we are a think tank whose main objective is to run the 120 person mentorship program here at Aliceville FCI. I am the director and creator.
When we first put together the Peer Success Team here, I could see Brooke light up with a new way to pique her intellectual self, she saw the opportunity for personal growth as well as community outreach.
Unfortunately, the think tank is also made up mostly of women doing a long sentence, and while Miss Beckley is the youngest member, she has one of the longest sentences.
And whereas I don’t know the exact details of Brooke’s charges, I know the woman she is today; kind, organized, thoughtful, diligent, disciplined.
Our Collective, and the Peer Success Team, also host an annual DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVENT. This was the first time I really saw first hand as Miss Beckley used her own experience to help others as she hosted the Self-Esteem portion of the event, with such sincerity, demonstrating deep personal growth, healing and balance.
Miss Beckley is the leader of her unit, operating as organizer for all weekly meetings, in-house community events and workshops. In our bi-monthly think tank meetings, she presents real live issues and seeks the advice and feedback of the Collective, demonstrating great strength, wisdom and humility.
Although Miss Beckley is much younger than the average women in our think tank, she has our respect as someone who we can count on. I have challenged Miss Beckley by giving her many difficult assignments, and she has always met the challenges with grace and perfection.
Miss Beckley is a clerk in the Safety Dept… here at Aliceville and this is a job that requires a high level of responsibility, she has held this job for many years and is respected by the staff and the other women she works with.
For an entire year, Brooke and I campaigned to teach the women here how to recycle and as the clerk in safety, it was she who saw it through and helped the Peer Success turn a recycling awareness campaign into a lovely part of our 90 Day Challenge. That took and entire department changing the way they did things on a large scale!
I would hope that Miss Brooke Beckley be granted a COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE, so that she can bring this same motivation and dedication to her community.
With Great Sincerity,
Celeste Monette Blair
