Julie Murphy interviews fellow teachers of the Salinas Valley State Prison Poetry Workshop—Rose Black, Lisa Charnock and Ken Weisner. Please join our lively conversations about the poetry workshop, our experiences teaching, and be ready to hear some amazing poems written by the workshop participants! Broadcast Sunday, May 24th on KSQD 90.7 Santa Cruz.
Links:
For those interested in learning more or being involved:
A Few California Arts in Corrections Websites:
https://williamjamesassociation.org/prison_arts/\
William James Foundation
Newsom’s proposal (before the Corona Virus hit!)
http://arts.ca.gov/news/prdetail.php?id=295
Lobby these people:
https://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/sub5publicsafety
Great local Advocate for Arts in corrections: Assemblyman Mark Stone (who is on the arts committee)
California Lawyers for the Arts (instrumental in advocacy for arts in corrections
https://www.calawyersforthearts.org/
Another great rehabilitative program to support:
Proven tio reduce recidivism, waiting lists for workshops
Started by Quakers after Attica, great curriculum, led by outside facilitators and experienced inmates
Here’s the National Site for AVP:
Literature:
Red Wheelbarrow:
De Anza College literary journal pub wishes both a student edition and a national edition annually.
Work by inmates is featured each issue alongside work of poets & writers from around the region and the country.
https://www.deanza.edu/english/creative-writing/red-wheelbarrow.html/
https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/red_wheelbarrow
Right to Write Press:
Publishes limited edition chapbooks by prisoners for their families, friends
https://righttowritepress.org/
Chapbooks:
Scroungy by Joseph Weldin
Baca Films:
A Place to Stand directed by Daniel Glick
https://aplacetostandmovie.com/
Bill Moyers Language of Life
https://billmoyers.com/series/the-language-of-life-with-bill-moyers-1995/
