Forces of Change

Engaging the System: Museums Working in the Incarceration System

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Americans living behind bars (and those on parole and probation) are often physically and spiritually removed from their communities in ways that produce systemic ruptures. This session highlights museums that are repairing those breaks by engaging incarcerated audiences and creating bold new programming with incarcerated artists and storytellers.

Learning Objectives:

• Reimagine how prisons, detention centers, jails, prison populations, and returned citizens could make deeply invested partners.
• Understand how a change in focus can open an otherwise closed and difficult issue.
• Expand your network of people and institutions working on these issues.

Moderator(s)

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  Tramia Jackson

  Program Associate
  International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

Presenter(s)

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  Patricia Sigala

  Educator & Community Outreach Coordinator
  Museum of International Folk Art
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  Linda Blanshay

  Director, Program Development
  Museum of Tolerance
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  Lauren Zalut

  Director of Education and Tour Programs
  Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site