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Announcement :: Prisons |
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Breaking Down the Walls: The First Annual Champaign Urbana Prison Arts Festival |
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by Stephen Hartnett
Email: hartnett (nospam) uiuc.edu (verified) |
13 Apr 2006
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Listen to this astonishing statistic: over two million people are doing time in America’s prisons and jails, and another 5 million are on probation or parole. What is the prison-industrial complex and what is it doing to the people who live within America’s prisons and jails? The first annual Champaign Urbana Prison Arts Festival: Breaking Down the Walls brings these issues to life with art, music, film, poetry and discussion. Join us for any and all of these events;
Friday, 21 April, beginning at 8:00 at OPENSOURCE (12 E. Washington, Champaign)
Prison Arts Festival Opening and Party featuring an exhibit art created by prisoners currently serving time in Illinois and Michigan prisons. There will be food, speakers and great dancing with UC Hip Hop.
Saturday, 22 April, from Noon-to-2:00, at Boardman’s Art Theatre in downtown Champaign): screening of What We Leave Behind: a documentary written, filmed, and edited by formerly incarcerated women followed by discussion.
Saturday, 22 April, from 2:30-4:00, at OPENSOURCE (12 E. Washington, Champaign) How to Fight The Prison Industrial Complex. A roundtable discussion on strategies for advocating for social justice, featuring a great panel of local and national activists.
Saturday, 22 April, from 7:30-9:00, at OPENSOURCE (12 E. Washington, Champaign; www.opensource.boxwith.com), Slam Jam Romp Stomp 2
A raucous evening of prison-based poetry that will inspire and move you.
For more information on any of these events, contact Stephen Hartnett at hartnett (at) uiuc.edu. |
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