OUR ORGANIZATION
Another Way To Go is a non-profit organization founded by Mahin Bina and a dedicated team of people whose mission is to end violence without violence. We do this by providing leadership programs to inmates and ex-offenders, helping them transition successfully back into life with their families and communities. Another Way To Go has been running continuously since 1990 and is currently the longest running Department of Corrections program in Pennsylvania with hundreds of participants having completed the Leadership Training and Transformational Thinking Workshop.
Our Founder
Mahin Bina
Mahin Bina was born in Iran in 1936. At the age of 20 she committed herself to the service of others, particularly in the area of human awareness, relationship, and communication. She was the creative force behind the development of the Leadership Training and Transformational Thinking Program and she also developed and trained ex-offenders to lead Freedom by Design in Community Correction Centers. This course prepares ex-offenders to live lives of freedom and contribution. Mahin received several local and national awards for her work with the inmates of Graterford Prison and the Residents of Community Correction Centers in Philadelphia.
Her legacy lives on in The End Violence Project and the work we continue in her honor. But her mark on the world is greater than the words we have for her on this page. Mahin had a great love of family – she left behind three children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren – and she was “mom” for so many of the incarcerated she worked with. She could look a person in the eye and have them know that they were loved and honored as a human being – without a word being spoken.
A memorial scholarship fund has been established in her memory.
Meet The Board
Antonia Hieronymus
Chairman of the Board
Antonia has been involved with Another Way To Go since 2012 and on the board since 2014. She brought the programs to Massachusetts in 2012, where it has been implemented in 6 prisons. She is a partner in developing current programs. She believes that everyone has a right to a life of meaning, joy and fulfillment, no matter the circumstances. She is trained as a lawyer and is now a garden designer, living near Boston.
James Roberts
Director of Finance
Mr. Roberts, a consultant in global marketing for the pharmaceutical industry, holds two degrees in international finance: Bachelor of Business Administration, Florida International University and a Master’s of Science in Finance, Temple University. He is married with two stepchildren and one grandchild. As an ordained interfaith minister and a dual citizen of the U.S. and the UK he is interested in the synergies available when different cultural perspectives are expressed and valued. James is committed to a world of inclusion, acceptance and compassion.
Lois Sesskin
Director of Communications
Ms. Sesskin has been a member of the Another Way To Go board since 2007. Committed to a world of inclusion, acceptance and everyone getting their own greatness, she has participated in transformational leadership training programs over the past 30 years. Retired from hospital administration and international market research, Ms. Sesskin continues her leadership training allowing her to empower others in what they want in life. A native of New York, she has lived in Philadelphia since 1990.
Jeffrey Bond
Directory of Community Programs
Mr. Bond was formerly incarcerated and today serves as a community leader. As a demonstration of his leadership, he was invited to speak at the state correctional institution where he was once confined. Currently, he is the lead facilitator for The End Violence Project’s Freedom by Design Program in a Community Center. Mr. Bond conducts a community youth tennis program and has received two grants from the United States Tennis Association to promote the game of tennis in urban neighborhoods. Mr. Bond is dedicated, passionate, and determined to make a difference in the lives of youth and men and women returning from incarceration.
Mario Johnson
Board Member
Mr. Johnson is a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper. He leads programs as well as trains new program leaders at Chester Correctional Facility. Mr. Johnson is committed to making a difference with leaders by training them to take responsibility for their freedom and maintaining it.
Kingsley Weihe
Board Member
Kingsley Weihe has been leading our programs in Massachusetts since 2014 and an Another Way To Go board member since 2016. She has been passionate about leadership since participating with Landmark Worldwide and is committed that every one know themselves as leaders in their communities, with a say in how their life goes. Kingsley co-chairs the program in Massachusetts, and is a partner in developing the current program manual. She holds a BS in Biology from Tufts University and an Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a professional artist with a concentration in ceramics.