Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Truth About Solitary Confinement

The Solitary Confinement Workgroup for ROC Wisconsin held a powerful event on Tuesday!
"Like an Animal in a Cage: Voices from Solitary Confinement" was first proposed by Talib Akbar, MOSES Vice President and EXPO Board member.  Talib worked with MICAH’s Rev. Tonen O'Connor, who provided great leadership and experience in theatre production. 
Members of the MICAH Religious Leaders Caucus and EXPO membersAndre Brown, Tom Hines, and William Harrell played roles and helped to shape the production.  Keisha Russell and EXPO President Melissa Ludinprovided courageous first-hand accounts of the horrors they survived in Solitary Confinement.  
Audience members signed postcards to Gubernatorial Candidates, recognizing that the Governor is the one person in the state who could stop this brutal practice at any time.
To read an article about the making of the production, click HERE.  A video of the production will be available soon. Check the WISDOM website for more photos, thanks to Tim Coursen.

2018 is the best opportunity we have had in many years to get some real change in Wisconsin's penal system.  But, that will only happen if we demand it. 

Be part of the solution:  
  • Come to a Race to Justice training
  • Get involved with your local ROC Wisconsin group
  • Make a DONATION.

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