Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j4N9O1G17588; Mon, 23 May 2005 05:24:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 05:24:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3eaf87bd9314ff9306ddc8225fca581f@theworld.com> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: David Rosen <DJRosen@theworld.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3241] Re: Women in Prison X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1382 Lines: 46 Daphne, and others, "What I want my words to do to you" showed commercially in theaters in Boston. It is a very moving film, which is available as a dvd rental. I recommend it highly. David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net On May 22, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote: > I know that some of you work in prisons, and I came across an > interesting article in the Winter 04/05 Lilith magazine about women in > prison. One of the interesting facts that I came across is that Eve > Ensler, the author of "The Vagina Monologues" teaches a writing class > to violent female offenders at Beford Hills prison for women in > Westchester County, NY. She is quoted as saying: "What I've seen is > how much women in prison long to tell their stories." Her class has > been filmed for a PBS documentary "What I want my words to do" > I am curious if any of you would care to share your experiences with > literacy and women in prison. > > > > > Daphne Greenberg > Assistant Professor > Educational Psych. & Special Ed. > Georgia State University > P.O. Box 3679 > Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > > Daphne Greenberg > Associate Director > Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > Georgia State University > P.O. Box 3977 > Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu >
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Mon Oct 31 2005 - 09:50:24 EST