About this episode

Rachel Gross and Anna Lisa Gross interview Dina Milito about the Death Row Support Project and the experiences of penpals.

As founder Rachel Gross retires after 45 years of directing the Death Row Support Project, faithful penpals share stories of their relationships with people sentenced to death. In this episode, Rachel Gross and Anna Lisa Gross interview Dina Milito. Carolyn Strong plays the piano. Check out this audio series through Messenger Radio , watch for upcoming written and video interviews, and join in the gratitude reception for Rachel at Annual Conference on July 5. Learn more about Death Row Support Project at https://www.brethren.org/drsp/

People in this episode

Hosts: Rachel Gross, Anna Lisa Gross

Guest: Dina Milito

Topics covered

• Death Row Support
• penpals
• interviews
• retirement
• faith
• community support

Keywords

• Death Row Support Project
• penpals
• Rachel Gross
• Dina Milito
• interview
• faithful relationships
• community
• retirement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Death Row Support Project, Messenger Radio, Church of the Brethren

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