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Making Contact
"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
First, we’ll hear about a dance performance that’s built around the complex ways that incarcerated women relate to their beds. Then, we’ll learn about an art exhibition curated and created by incarcerated artists, writers and poets inside Central California Women’s Facility.
Long Description: On today’s show, we look at how art can highlight the struggles of incarcerated women, build solidarity with them across prison walls, and fight against the erasure and censorship inherent to incarceration.
First, we’ll hear about a dance performance called _If I Give You My Sorrows _that’s built around the complex ways that incarcerated women relate to their beds. Then, we’ll learn about an art exhibition, _The Only Door I Can Open, _that’s_ _curated and created by incarcerated artists, writers and poets inside Central California Women’s Facility.
