|
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.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
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
October 2019
|
RSS Feed
Follow us on Social Media |
UPCOMING EVENTS
"WHAT OUR VOICES CARRY" On Nov. 2 at 7PM Voices From Inside will perform the original play What Our Voices Carry created in conjunction with local playwright Trenda Loftin. The play aims to encourage audiences to confront the human cost of U.S. incarceration policies, dearth of social and health services, and response to the current opioid crisis. Tickets; $10- $20 sliding scale |