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A bit topsy-turvy here, so the long time in responding. Glad to find you here. I look forward to checking out your wordpress blog as well. All the best."
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Susan Austin
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Writing as a tool
Started this discussion. Last reply by Susan Austin Dec 16, 2010. 9 Replies 0 Favorites
In January I'll be participating in the Path Of Freedom online training, and when winter eases, I hope to explore the possibilities of a meditation group at the women's prison in my area in Idaho.…Continue
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David Chura commented on Susan Austin's blog post Changing Prison Life through Literature"Thanks for posting this. As a high school English teacher for ten years in a county pen it's good to read this kind of thing. I saw on a daily basis locked up kids growing in hope and possibility through education. The strides might be…"
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Changing Prison Life through Literature
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 11:53am 2 Comments 0 Favorites
I think this is an interesting article on Prison Arts Coalition website about prison reform and education. Waxler is from Dartmouth and founded Changing Lives Through Literature.
"The prison classroom should become a new…
Continue At Night I Fly
Posted on July 8, 2011 at 10:56am 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Footage: Albin Höglund
Image: Spoon jackson
It took award-winning documentary filmaker Michel Wenzer ten years to complete the film At Night I Fly. Having gained unprecedented access to New Folsom prison – he…
Continue A Conversation Through The Walls of Solitary Confinement
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:30am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Here's a link to Prison Arts Coalition's blog for an article by Arthur Longworth, a 45-year-old prison inmate, now serving time in Monroe, Wash. This article is adapted for Beyond Prisons, the Summer 2011 issue of YES! Magazine, from the essay,…
Doing Time on Norway's Island Prison
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:37pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
"No bars. No walls. No armed guards. The prison island of Bastøy in Norway is filled with some of the country's most hardened criminals. Yet it emphasizes self-control instead of the strictly regulated regimens common in most prisons. "
Here's a link to the article in Der Spiegel about Norways' Bastoy Prison: …
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- I'm an Idahoan and it's snowing. . . I write. . . and practice the dharma, and I'd like to become a mentor after participating in the Path of Freedom online program. I've been practicing meditation primarily in the traditions of Zen & Vipassana.
Fleet Maull has been a great inspiration to me. I am interested in bringing writing to the Path of Freedom training as a tool to empower children suffering from war, youth-at-risk, adult women inmates to find their voices, to unburden their hearts: to tell their stories.
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- http://journeybacktowords.wordpress.com
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- Stepping Out of Self-Deception
Smile At Fear
I Am That
Being Upright
The Wise Heart
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Not Always So
No Time To Lose
When Things Fall Apart
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- At 2:09pm on December 16, 2010,
Tamon Mark Uttech said… Onegasihimasu, hello Susan, pleased to be your friend!
In gassho,
tamonmark
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May 14, 2012 at 7pm to May 31, 2012 at 9pm – PDN Online
With Fleet Maull May 14 - 31 Six Sessions, (three weeks, Monday & Thursday classes) Hope you can join us! Hours for the training are: 7-9pm Eastern 5-7pm Mountain Time 4-6pm Pacific This progra…
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Path of Freedom Webinar
September 10, 2012 at 7pm to September 27, 2012 at 9pm – PDN Online
With Fleet Maull September 10-27 Six Sessions, (Mondays & Thursdays for three weeks) Hope you can join us!Hours for the training are:7-9pm Eastern5-7pm Mountain Time4-6pm Pacific This program is…
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