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"It helps keep me going, pretty much,” says Tara McNamara, talking about her experience writing with Voices from Inside. McNamara started out as a VFI participant and now is a workshop facilitator. Encouraging others to participate, she says, “We just want to hear from you and what your experience is, and what your writing is.” Read more here.  Tara McNamara
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On Sunday, February 7, eight members of VFI read their poems, essays, and insights at Sh'ma Koleinu: Here Our Voices, an event sponsored by the Jewish social-activist group Bend the Arc. Also present was Massachusetts State Senator James B. Eldridge (D-Acton), who is sponsoring a bill to revise mandatory minimum sentencing and to support funding for drug treatment and job retraining. Read more here.  Photo by Dan Little, Hampshire Gazette. Sonia Mendez (right) reads while Erica McLean listens.
Listen to an interview about VFI's good works, including conversations with VFI poets.
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VFI IN THE NewsVFI's Tara McNamara organized the "Breaking Free" poetry reading in Greenfield--read about it in this Greenfield Recorder story.
An excerpt from Voices Carry's performance at Forbes Library is available for viewing on Youtube, here.
VFI writer Daisy Diaz read a poem to open Hampshire Art Museum's exhibition "Made in America: Unfree Labor in an Age of Mass Incarceration." The exhibit runs through March 10. Check out photos in the February 7 post, to the left.
VFI writer Tara McNamara's poem "Dear Ex-Husband" is featured in the October 29, 2016, issue of the Write Angles Journal. See the poem on our Writing& Prompts page.
WWLP's Ashley Kohl interviews VFI board members about upcoming fundraisers for VFI, April 27, 2016.
From the Heart: VFI Poets interviewed in the Greenfield Recorder, February 12, 2016 Hampshire Gazette Reports on VFI Performance at Lander-Grinspoon Academy, February 7, 2016 Interview with VFI Poets on the Bill Newman Show, February 3, 2016 Loud and Clear: VFI at Holyoke Community College, November 18, 2015 Women Share Stories While in Jail, June 18, 2015 Archives
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