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Compassion in action

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"Embracing the person, rebuilding the family, and breaking the cycle"

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Compassion in action

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"Embracing the person, rebuilding the family, and breaking the cycle"

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Who We Are

Who We Are

Who We Are

We are a faith based, non-profit organization that serves individuals confined in the state correctional facilities and families affected by incarceration. We also facilitate the RAW DAWGS Youth Corps Gang Prevention Program for boys 5 to 13, breaking the cycle from cradle to crime.

Compassion In Action has been serving this population uno

We are a faith based, non-profit organization that serves individuals confined in the state correctional facilities and families affected by incarceration. We also facilitate the RAW DAWGS Youth Corps Gang Prevention Program for boys 5 to 13, breaking the cycle from cradle to crime.

Compassion In Action has been serving this population unofficially since 1984. The program was founded by Teela A. Mickles in 1994 and became incorporated in 1999.  We have extended our services beginning from behind prison walls, involving the community in the entire process of reentry. Thus transforming individuals who were former tax burdens to productive tax payers in our society.


With all the changes imposed upon society with the crisis from 2020, Compassion In Action also offers our Community Food Pantry to serve families and support those in need through partnership with Mission Church and others to serve families in Franklin Elementary School.  More on our adjustments from Covid-19 to come as they develop. 

Services

Who We Are

Who We Are

Compassion In Action is working in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and the Self-Betterment Groups in various state correctional facilities.  Self-Betterment Groups are run by long term and life sentence servicers who are not coming out anytime soon.  However, they still serve a purpose that benefits their

Compassion In Action is working in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and the Self-Betterment Groups in various state correctional facilities.  Self-Betterment Groups are run by long term and life sentence servicers who are not coming out anytime soon.  However, they still serve a purpose that benefits their life while serving their sentence and also can benefit the community they once offended in the following ways:


  • THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF INSIDE CONTACT
  • THEY CAN UTILIZE COMMUNITY INFORMATION TO PREPARE RESIDENTS PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE
  • THEY CAN PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO ASSIST WITH REENTRY PREPARATION
  • THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION FROM WITHIN THE CONFINES OF PRISON WALLS THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
  • THEY CAN ASSIST THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING FORMER CRIMINALS OF SOCIETY INTO 'CHAMPIONS' FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE, WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED FROM PRISON.

Needs

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Goals for Compassion In Action Inc. in 2021


Compassion In Action has been recognized by the City of Omaha as an Historical Site since the former Wesley House was the location for the first Social Service Office in North Omaha. CIA relocated here in 2013 and will take ownership of the property including Mission Church in 2021. A Community M

Goals for Compassion In Action Inc. in 2021


Compassion In Action has been recognized by the City of Omaha as an Historical Site since the former Wesley House was the location for the first Social Service Office in North Omaha. CIA relocated here in 2013 and will take ownership of the property including Mission Church in 2021. A Community Mural has been created to capture the rich history of service by the former Wesley House and now Compassion In Action and Mission Church. 

A Memory Brick Wall along with major property developments are planned for this property to bring all cultures in the area together through service, the arts and commercial businesses. The bricks for the Memory Brick Wall are $100 each and you may have your name and date of your memory on the brick. It will be constructed on the east side of Compassion In Action behind the flag pole that was donated by the Woodman Tower years ago. That flag pole was the first to go up in North Omaha after 911. To purchase your brick for $100, contact our office with your name, and date of memory.


As we continue to serve the population of individuals behind the wall, Your continued financial support allows us to  advance our services for more successful Returning Citizens, reunite families and build stronger communities in the City of Omaha and some surrounding areas. 


Founder/CEO

Teela A. Mickles

Teela  A.  Mickles  is  the  founder  and  CEO  of Compassion In Action (CIA) Inc., a faith based, non-profit organization  serving individuals confined  in  the Nebraska  Department  of  Correctional  Services  and families  affected  by  incarceration  since  1984.  When life  took  an  unfortunate  turn,  she  became  a  single parent  of  5  young  children,  now  successful  adults. She has 37 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.


CIA  is located  in  the  former Wesley  House which  was  the  location of  the  first social  service  office  in Omaha,  NE  more  than  60  years  ago.  It  has  been recognized by the City of Omaha as an Historic site, to be developed for visitors and tourists. A Community Mural, has been created and revealed in 2018, which captures  the  rich  history  of  the  former  Wesley  House.  It  also  mirrors  the continued  service  to  the community  through  the  partnership  of  Compassion  In Action and Mission Church, located on the property where the mural is painted.


Ms.  Mickles  attended  college  late  in  life  while  developing  CIA’s  Pre-Release Education/Reentry Preparation  Program  and  holds  an  Associate’s  Degree  in Chemical  Dependency  Counseling.  She  is  an Ordained  Minister  on  staff  at Mission Church and a member of the Mayor’s Citizen Complaint Review Board. Ms.  Mickles has  been acknowledged for  her services  and  accomplishments  in the community by a variety of entities, through the years: The UNO Woman of Color  Award,  African  American  Leadership  Award, Heartland  Family  Services’ Family Advocacy Award, City of Omaha Community of Excellence, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services’ Partnership of the Year, Outstanding Non-Profit  Administrator  from  the Nebraska  Chapter  of  the  American  Society  for Public Administration and the Outstanding Community Service Award from  the University  of  Nebraska’s  School  of  Criminology  and  Criminal  Justice.  CIA,  in partnership  with  the  University  of  Nebraska  Medical  College  of  Public  Health, provided participants for their “Listen to  My  Story” Research Team to explore “Perspectives  of  African-American  Mothers  and  Male Offenders  on Violence in Omaha, NE.” 


Ms. Mickles was a candidate in the Nebraska Primary 2020 elections for State Senator of District 11. She believed then and now, that as we embrace the value of each person and unite, we can make significant progress in our community. She is the author of the book “What If” which is currently available on Amazon and the  CIA  office.  Ms.  Mickles  ascribes  the  success  and  longevity  of  the organization to her strong faith in God and belief that every person is valuable.  “If you’re not dead, God’s not done.”

Congressman Don Bacon Honors Teela A. Mickles

On February 4, 2021 Congress Don Bacon honors Teela A. Mickles along with Ella Willis and Betty McDonald as Trailblazers at the House of Representatives in Washington DC. These women and their work will be honored in the Historical Congressional Record during this Black History Month and years to come. .

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