Posts Tagged ‘Wende Ballew’
Wende Ballew Featured on Nothing Ever Happens Podcast
On July 7, 2021, Reforming Arts Executive Director Wende Ballew was featured on the Nothing Ever Happens Podcast with Tina Pippin and Lucia Hulsether. The podcast explores a journey into radical pedagogical theory and praxis, connecting with leading voices in teaching and learning. What happens when Theater of the Oppressed meets the prison industrial…
Read MoreAtlanta Magazine Announces 2018 Women Making A Mark Honorees
Executive Director, Wende Ballew, named among the 2018 Women Making A Mark by Atlanta Magazine. “We are fortunate and extremely excited by this year’s group of honorees. Not only are these women leading some of Atlanta’s finest corporations, they serve as role models and mentors to all of us that strive to give back, contribute to…
Read MoreReflections on Kelly Gissendaner
On the morning of Friday January 23, 2015, I and Reforming Arts volunteer, Katherine Perry, walked into our poetry classroom at Lee Arrendale State Prison and were greeted by the words, “they are going to kill Kelly on February 10th.” Our students did not have time to say hello, they needed to know if we…
Read MoreSpending More on Prisons than Education
I came across an article today that list 10 states that spend more on prisons than education. Although I was not surprised that Georgia was on the list, as well as the usual suspects such as California and New York. I was surprised by a few of the states that were included, and a few…
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