Template House featured in Supernuclear
In 2019, Eldridge was released from prison after 29 years. He was exonerated - found not guilty of the alleged crime that led to his incarceration - and so he came back with no resources whatsoever. No parole, no nothing. He got $200 on a debit card and dropped off at a train station in a prison tracksuit. Luckily, somebody knew to bring him to the Second Life community, and so he came home to Sigil just before Christmas. They had a Christmas tree up and Eldridge slept on the couch next to the Christmas tree on their first night. Template House started soon after, and Eldridge decided that he wanted to be part of its founding team.
Template House is the second intentional community in SF for people coming out of long-term incarceration. It is primarily BIPOC led, and about half of the residents are formerly incarcerated and half of them are not.
Template is a hub for not just the intentional communities, but also for the Second Life Project and for transformative justice values in general. Template’s focus is not just building life together, not just building home together, but also on the models of justice, care, and kinship.