Call for Participants.  Were You Formerly Incarcerated?  Raise Your Voice.

Support ACW Intern Zoe Grigsby

WHAT: “Songs of Resistance” is a music workshop in which local songwriters are paired with formerly incarcerated individuals to create songs about their experience in prison/jail, with the goal to uplift unheard voices and share stories with the public about the injustices within our system. Songs will hopefully be performed in a final showcase. This project aims to create a model for a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive songwriting collaboration project between professional songwriters and formerly incarcerated individuals, that results in catharsis as well as a product that can invoke social reform. The long-term goal is to eventually adapt this workshop model into a program that can be implemented in actual prisons.

WHO:

We are looking for people with a history of incarceration who are interested in sharing their story via music. If you are interested, or know of someone who might be interested, please reach out to Zoe at zgrigsby01@gmail.com

*$200 stipend will be given to participants for their time and vulnerability.

Funding is currently open and ongoing for this project, and any amount makes a huge difference. Find the gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-former-convicts-share-their-stories-through-song-acw

Questions? Email Zoe at zgrigsby01@gmail.com.

Photo credit: the Oakland Post