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| Through Poetry, Colorado Inmates, Communities Work To Build Bridges |
| By cpr.org- Stephanie Wolf |
| Published: 06/24/2016 |
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"Just because I've been taken out of the real world, doesn't mean I can't be somebody." Those are words from an inmate. He wrote them while participating in a national project called "On the Same Page UNITED." The project claims to "connect inmates with their communities" through poetry. Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, a Washington D.C. nonprofit working with incarcerated youth, conceived the program. Inmates write poetry, which is shared with volunteers. The volunteers read the poems and leave comments on the same page. "On the Same Page UNITED" won an inaugural Aspen Ideas Award at last year's Aspen Ideas Festival. It has since expanded to Colorado. Read More. |
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