EORO Founder Authors Chapter in Book!

Each One Reach One's Executive Director and Founder, Robin Sohnen has authored a chapter in the book Challenging the Prison Industrial Complex Activism, Arts, and Educational Alternatives. Ms. Sohnen authored the chapter entitled:  EORO: Playwriting and Community Activism as Redemption and Prevention.

The book boldly and eloquently contributes to the argument against the prison system in the United States, these provocative essays offer an ideological and practical framework for empowering prisoners instead of incarcerating them. Experts and activists who have worked within and against the prison system join forces here to call attention to the debilitating effects of a punishment-driven society and offer clear-eyed alternatives, emphasizing working directly with prisoners and their communities.

The volume offers rhetorical and political analyses of police culture, the so-called drug war, media coverage of crime stories, and the public school-to-prison pipeline. The collection also includes case studies of successful prison arts and education programs in Michigan, California, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that provide creative and intellectual resources typically denied to citizens living behind bars. Writings and

artwork created by prisoners in such programs richly enhance the volume.

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) has announced that Challenging the Prison-Industrial Complex is one of the winners of their 2010 PASS Award, one of the most prestigious awards of its kind in the nation.

Here is a link to the Award page: http://www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/about/award-pass.html.

Be sure to pick up your copy today!