Justice Dance Performance Project Blog
October 6, 2023
Dear JDPP friend, When we started our performance residencies at York Correctional Institution in 2005, we were permitted to take the piece that we had […]
October 6, 2023
JDPP’s New Beginnings program is a unique 10-week arts engagement with women and men who have returned to the community from carceral settings joining Trinity […]
October 6, 2023
October 1-7 is Banned Book Week. First established in 1982, it is a week that promotes awareness and celebrates the freedom to read. For more […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
April 16, 2024
As we move into the month of April, the old adage of April showers bringing May flowers springs to mind. And we certainly had a […]
May 20, 2024
May always brings mothers to mind. And in 2001, it brought forward a particular group of mothers—the Mothers of the Disappeared in Chile and Argentina. […]
June 18, 2024
During May and June, several of our Bridging Boundaries programs held their culminating share days and family visits. The SLAM Step-Down program, which is a […]
June 18, 2024
As we move into the month of June and the celebration of Juneteenth, a particular story from the JDPP repertory comes to mind—that of the […]
July 18, 2024
This past weekend we welcomed 32 family members for an extended visit through our Moms & Kids program at York C.I. This was the first […]