GIVE: INVEST IN HUMANITY

Support Healing, Creativity, and Transformation

For nearly 50 years, the William James Association has acted on the conviction that the fine arts enrich, heal, and bring communities together. With your support, we’ve helped bring exceptional teaching artists into prisons, jails, juvenile halls, and alternative schools—providing life-affirming, change-making experiences through the arts. Now more than ever, this is a powerful moment for the field of prison arts—and for WJA. We’re expanding, evolving, and deepening our commitment to those most often left behind. Your support makes that possible.

Your Gift Creates Ripple Effects

Your generosity supports:

  • Fine arts classes—like creative writing, music, drawing, and printmaking—for incarcerated and system-impacted individuals

  • Professional teaching artist residencies inside California prisons and youth programs

  • Access to high-quality materials and mentorship in environments where resources are scarce

  • Hope, confidence, and creative growth for individuals preparing to return to their communities

When you contribute to WJA, you support programs that foster identity, voice, and dignity—and you help create beauty, healing, and connection that extend far beyond a single classroom. The ripple reaches families, communities, and generations. Thank you for being part of this important work.
Together, we are demonstrating that art is a powerful and unmatched force for healing.

The William James Association is a 501(c)(3) organization and your donation is tax deductible. If you prefer to send a check, we can be reached at:

William James Association
P.O. Box 1632
Santa Cruz, CA 95061

Sustainer's Program, aka "Lifers"

Ongoing support amounts
A note about my donation:

“Incarceration, seemingly a million miles from humanity. Yet, Here. You have moments… and in these moments of clarity, the light. That is, humanity touches you, and of that moment. That light, that simple kindness becomes a beacon! And the warmth, the feeling of gratitude. Vastness. Renewal…memories…hopes. Dreams. Uninhibited. Thank you Arts In Corrections Program.” Mr. L, Arts In Corrections Program Participant.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO WJA'S MISSION TO OFFER
CHANGEMAKING ARTS EXPERIENCES