We bring writing workshops to detained, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for therapy, advocacy, literacy and more.
New York City
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ALT Listen in on this intriguing discussion facilitated by Prison Writes Executive Director Jessica Hall featuring authors and teachers Tim O'Mara and Charles Salzberg. Tim and Charles are founding board members of Prison Writes in addition to being teaching artists working in the facilities with Jessica. This conversation focuses on effective teaching methods and the challenges and rewards of working with people who are impacted by incarceration. Recorded at P&T Knitwear NYC.
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THIS FRIDAY, 6/9, Graham Russell Gao Hodges & @YunxiangGao discuss the life & career of one of Hollywood’s best-known Chinese American actors. Don't miss this conversation on ANNA MAY WONG (@ChiReviewPress)!
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THANK YOU! The schools have these harmful policies and then wonder why kids don't want to go to school. Just welcome the students! Let them know you're glad they showed up! Get cops out of schools! Stop suspensions! Let them be. Just. Let. Them. Be.
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This is so awesome! Immediately got a downloadable version upon purchase. Can't wait to read this collection. I am sure we will be sharing with our incarcerated friends! Thank you!
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It’s time to pass the #SolutionsNotSuspensions Act to ensure that our students education isnt put at risk from inequitable and ineffective suspensions. This bill requires schools to use proven alternatives to suspensions, which promote accountability but keep our kids in school.
This is fantastic. @joyharjo is a favorite of ours. We use her poem 'Grace' to write about friendship and 'Perhaps the World Ends Here' to write about significant locations for life events. We also work with humans who've been erased - but they ARE HERE
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Celebrate AN ASIAN AMERICAN A TO Z (@haymarketbooks) with @cathylinhche & @kylelucia on 5/30!
Ft. @SaharMuradi, @swatikhurana, @illustriouspear, @mirajacob, @ortile, @jmaebarizo, @ligayamishan, @we_makebelieve, & more!
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PRISON WRITES retweeted
One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.
Don't miss this ! This is a very special bookstore with an amazing staff. While you are there check out our Rikers Young Adult wish list. Thanks @ptknitwear for your support for our literacy programs for our incarcerated friends!
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We can't wait to celebrate with you this weekend!
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"I’m still writing essays, memoirs, books, journalism articles, novels, plays and screenplays. While the writing hasn’t made me rich or famous, it has helped me endure a lengthy prison sentence."
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Homeless people in the United States are far more likely to be victims of gruesome violence than to be perpetrators. Yet the widespread demonization of the homeless would lead you to believe the exact opposite. jacobin.com/2023/05/homeless…
School to prison pipeline right here
It’s “a huge problem that NYC is choosing to increase the use of punitive & exclusionary approaches,” said Dawn Yuster @AFCNewYork. “We are in the midst of a youth mental health crisis & we know our young people are literally crying out for more support” ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/19/2…
Struggling Mothers Need Diapers. Target Puts Up Walls. - Sign the Petition! chng.it/kX7SvVd6 via @Change
Just takes a second!
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“Even when a crime is particularly severe, it should be recognized that a legal minor with their whole life still ahead has the potential to be reformed.”
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🧵 In 2018, my cousin & best friend Alex Schachter was killed by a gunman with an AR15 in Parkland. I am sick & tired of congressional inaction. On June 6th, I will sit-in at the US Capitol to demand a vote to #BanAssaultWeapons. I invite others to join me.
