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.