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“A Day at Stateville” Reading and Intergenerational Conversation
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 @ 5:30 p.m.
"A Day at Stateville" is a short play detailing a newcomer's first day at Stateville Correctional Facility in Joliet, Illinois. Conceived and written by men who participate in the prison's "Life Transformation Through Communication" course and who are all doing natural life without parole, the play seeks to inspire community members to take action in reducing the number of at-risk youth from entering prisons, while also advocating for improving the daily conditions prisoners face.
Join us for a special reading of "A Day at Stateville", followed by an intergenerational conversation focusing on the needs of the youth and community to interrupt the schools to prison pipeline, take steps towards creating street peace, and to re-think safety and de-criminalize our communities.
The reading will feature formerly incarcerated men Danny Franklin and Henry Robertson; Alexandrea Navedo and Elijah Salaam, Youth Leaders at Southwest Organizing Project and Outreach Workers at Safety Net Works. The post-reading conversation will be moderated by Alice Kim, Director of The Public Square.
Venue
Southwest Youth Collaborative
6400 South Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60629
Presenter
Illinois Humanities Council
312-422-5580
This event is sponsored in part by:
This event is sponsored in part by:
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