Justice Dance Performance Project Blog
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 […]
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 […]
July 18, 2024
In a world that feels shadowed in darkness, a bright light shone from York Correctional Institution with the three performances of ‘With these Hands’ culminating […]
July 18, 2024
The month of July always brings up the question of freedom for me. With the proliferation of flags flying and fireworks bursting, I wonder – […]
August 22, 2024
August is the ending of summer and its green and the beginning of fall, with leaves showing small hints of color growing more brilliant in […]
September 19, 2024
Reading transports me—it removes me from the present moment and expands my understanding of people in so many different contexts, of nature, of this world […]
October 17, 2024
Her Body Speaks Expression through dance is the poetry of movement language. It is the foundation upon which JDPP’s work is built. Giving voice, ensuring […]