Tag Archives: incarceration
The Unofficial House Band of Sing Sing Prison
In 1996, Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) was the dream of a few men in Sing Sing Correctional Facility who wanted to write and produce a play and needed help putting it all together. It was a play about subjects they … Continue reading
What an Urban Seminary Is Doing to Advocate Social Justice Beyond the Iron Gates
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary One Seminarian’s Perspective By Kelly Jean Norris-Wilke View and print as PDF. I am standing on pavement covered in graffiti. Letters from friends and loved ones spray-painted onto the black top. Letters saying goodbye to … Continue reading
Maria’s Story: Detention in the Land of the Free
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Seminary students visit immigrant detainees at the Hutto Detention Facility in Taylor, Texas. By Ruth Elswood View and print as PDF. Maria sat across from us. Her hands shook; her cheeks wet from tears. … Continue reading
Workers’ Rights, ‘New Jim Crow’: Report from ACREC
Report from the Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns December 2, 2011, by Courtney Hoekstra The Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns (ACREC) had their fall meeting in early November in Louisville, where the major highlights of their time … Continue reading
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