Walled Women

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When I first heard that we were going to be doing final activism projects for this 360 instead of just a term paper or something straightly academic, I was thrilled. I feel as though I left our classroom spaces often unsure of myself or of what to make of what had just been said, and at the same time, feeling as though it had been made abundantly clear just how much work we need to do in the world to make it fairer and more just. In trying to keep myself in touch with the larger picture and the bigger world around me, I often remind myself that I’m just a tiny little piece of an enormous universe full of people, stories, history, happiness, injustices, triumphs and mistakes. But sometimes, this keeps me from feeling as though what I do has much impact at all. I worry that my efforts will not reach far enough, won’t attract enough attention, or won’t be effective. As much as I love being involved as an activist on and off campus, and try to do so as much as possible, I do sometimes feel as though it’s not enough. Throughout this class experience, though, it’s been reinforced for me that it really isn’t about me, or my comfort, or my self-esteem. I can’t use my lack of confidence or fear that my actions will lack efficacy as an excuse to shy away from doing my best, or feeling like the work that I’ve already done or plan to do has purpose and a positive impact.

I ended up writing my memo on the various changes of the program, mostly on what could have happened if we ended up in FDC and how our class ended up adjusting and working out with the Cannery. And I like this image cause it shows how the paths have no end, which is how I feel like our journey with this course will be for a long while. At least for me, I have no idea when it will all come full circle for me. 

I wrote my third memo about the ways in which our art projects connected back to the socially conscious thinking we'd been doing before going into the prison.

This paper explores how no true reform can come from within the prison system, or any insitution, unless we...

ABOLISH it!

My memo was exploring what the intended purpose of inside-outside classes is and what I thought I personally got out of our classes in the Cannery.

Source:

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In my paper, I explore the ways in which ideas of justice are so often guided by theology and religious teachings, including the concept of restorative justice.

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In my memo, I chose to anaylze the structure of our Vision class and how its complicated layers which served to humanize the incarcerated population paralleled my journey in answering the question: "why should we care?"

http://zouchmagazine.com/art-shots-mohamed-kahouadji-goes-boom-at-brick-lane-gallery/humanize-me/