November 8th BWB Tele-Salon #3: Free Write Jail Arts & Literacy ...

From our friends at Burners Without Borders:

*BWB Tele-Salon #3:

Free Write Jail Arts & Literacy Program*

Thursday November 8th, 5pm PT

Call in Number (USA)-?+1 209 255 1000

(email BWB for international?number!)
Participant code ? 410006

Many in the Burner community know Ryan Keesling through his sound endeavors
as Searchl1te on Part Time Suckers and BMIR. ?On Thursday, November 8th,
we?ll have a privilege of hearing Ryan speak about an incredible project he
works with in Chicago called the Free Write Jails Arts & Literacy Program.
Following a brief history of the juvenile court, which was founded in Cook
County, Illinois, Ryan will discuss the ?School-To-Prison Pipeline.? We?ll
look at the concept, implications, and activism that is happening around
the School-To-Prison Pipeline.

Ryan will then introduce the poetry and artwork created by the incarcerated
youth who participate in Free Write. As we interact with the student work,
we?ll discuss how literacy and creative self-expression are used as tools
by our incarcerated students to overcome the weighty obstacles each of them
face. It?s a truly inspiring and humbling project and we are thrilled to
have Ryan present, so we really hope you?ll join us for his call!

***About Free Write***
Free Write Jail Arts & Literacy Program provides literacy services and arts
programming to the approximately 300 youth incarcerated in the Cook County
Juvenile Detention Center. Our one-on-one literacy tutoring sessions are
highly individualized and contoured to the specific needs of each student.
Our arts workshops include creative writing, ceramics, large scale murals,
Photoshop and other digital illustration tools, comic book making, and
music production. You can view and listen to student work on our websites :
www.FreeWriteJailArts.org?&?www.Soundcloud.com/Free-Write-Jail-Arts

***About Ryan***
Ryan Keesling M.S.Ed., Program Director- Ryan teaches reading, creative
writing, and music production to boys in the Cook County Juvenile Detention
Center. He has been with Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy Program since
its inception in 2000. When he?s not teaching, Ryan loves to do yoga, make
music of his own as Searchl1te, and collaborate with other
multidisciplinary artists. Ryan can be reached at?ryan (at) freewritejailarts (dot) org

***About the BWB Tele-Salon***
The BWB Tele-Salon is an effort to strengthen relationships within the
Burning Man & BWB communities. It is a bi-monthly telephone conference call
where BWB Chapters, Civic Leaders, and Community members can both present
and listen in to conversations that matter. Hosted on the second Thursday
on rotating months, this call focuses on different projects, initiatives,
and skills that are useful in community work. If your interested in
speaking at an upcoming Tele-Salon please e-mail:
chicago (at) burnerswithoutborders (dot)?org

-BwB-

Source: http://www.northbayburners.com/november-8th-bwb-tele-salon-3-free-write-jail-arts-literacy-program/

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