Category: advocacy
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This is my first blog post in weeks. I was buried by the avalanche of the fall semester for a while, and I’m finally digging out to the point where I can start creating. This past fall semester was the busiest I’ve ever experienced. I lost track of myself for a minute. But I’m back…
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“Forgiving is not forgetting; it’s actually remembering — remembering and not using your right to hit back. It’s a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you don’t want to repeat what happened.” Desmond Tutu.[1] I had planned on doing at least three triathlons this summer. Finishing…
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When I started writing this blog on justice and endurance a couple months ago, I had no idea that I would soon be meeting one of the greatest marathoners in U.S. history, a man who also overcame addiction and a felony drug conviction. This last Friday, I had the incredible honor of befriending Dick Beardsley…
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In 2014, the Wyoming Pathways from Prison program was launched after Susan Dewey, Cathy Connolly, Bonnie Zare, and Rhett Epler conducted in-depth interviews with women who were incarcerated or recently released from Wyoming prisons. Mission Wyoming Pathways from Prison is a trans-disciplinary and trans-professional statewide collaborative that aspires to support currently and formerly incarcerated people…