Justice Dance Performance Project Blog
October 30, 2025
Bridging the Divides I have been thinking recently about how we can bridge the deep divides in our country right now. What allows people to […]
September 23, 2025
A Message of Hope The other day, a butterfly was born in our kitchen. My husband found three Monarch caterpillars in our milkweed garden. He […]
August 21, 2025
Thinking about Kindness I have been thinking about kindness a lot these days. As we watch our country fall into a morass of cruelty and […]
July 23, 2025
Time and Changes This month’s blog post is contributed by Suzi Jensen, JDPP Programming Coordinator & Payroll Supervisor, Teaching Artist and performer in JDPP’s prison-related […]
July 3, 2025
Signs and Solidarity Art is there when you need it the most. And yes, art changes lives. This month’s story is an immediate one—it happened […]
May 22, 2025
Art Saves Lives It is not an understatement. I see it in all the work that we do at JDPP. A significant example comes to […]
July 6, 2023
Last month we held our second Moms & Kids special visit. The visiting room at York CI was filled with excitement and love as children […]
July 6, 2023
Thoughts about Freedom July 4—Independence Day—is a day when we in America celebrate our freedom. Somehow the spirit of this day has never rung completely […]
August 7, 2023
To breathe again! After days of dense clouds filled with hot, humid air and smoke residue, followed by torrential rains, we can finally breathe and […]
September 5, 2023
Our Bridging Boundaries programs resume in-person this month. We are excited to return to Manson YI for two 10-week Dads & Kids sessions after a […]
September 5, 2023
As I look at the growing pile of books read this past summer, I am aware of the silver lining of having a broken foot. […]