We recently talked with Lori Pitts, our newest addition to the Teaching Artist Spotlight series. Lori is the Founding Director and a Facilitator at Voices Unbarred, a platform for individuals who are currently or formerly incarcerated to have their voices heard. Voices Unbarred uses the ideology and techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed to guide their …
Tag: prison activism
Our Voices Within: Internally Free
This Saturday, March 28th fifteen battered women who have been released from California’s state prisons are holding a community event to celebrate their freedom and to call for the release of others who remain in prison. The women served between three and 30 years in prison, the majority for killing abusive partners when defending themselves …