MPWW - Gravity Makes the Heart Grow Heavy
"Each year, MPWW hosts a public reading of student work at Hamline University, usually on the third Saturday in October. Friends, family members, and MPWW teachers and mentors read on behalf of incarcerated writers, and former students read their own work, as well. This event is one of the few opportunities for community members to experience the creative work of men and women writing from prison."
I had the privilege to participate in the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop's first Student/Animator collaboration. We were given a poem from an incarcerated writer and tasked with animating a piece to it. All of the student work was brilliant, and I was so happy I was able to be a part of this. I've always wanted to find a way to contribute to these types of Prison reformation programs; programs that give people a voice while building them up, not tearing them down. If you're interested in supporting this program please check the link below.
About MPWW: "Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop (MPWW) fosters literary community and a devotion to art inside Minnesota correctional facilities through high-quality creative writing classes and related programming. During incarceration and throughout reentry, we empower writers, challenge stereotypes about the incarcerated population, and promote a vision of rehabilitation and restorative justice through art. We also seek to bridge the divide between literary communities inside and outside of prison by creating platforms for our students’ work."
https://mnprisonwriting.org/work/
