----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States
June 3, 2006 6 PM to 9 PM Donations ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA presents INTERRUPTED LIFE: INCARCERATED MOTHERS IN THE UNITED STATES* a traveling public art installation Of the 150,000 women in prison, 112,000 are mothers. Two-thirds of these mothers have children under the age of 18. The rate of incarceration for women has risen 400% since 1980 ¬ double the rate of men. Hundreds of thousands of children are affected by the imprisonment of their mothers. What's the effect on families? Can it be fixed when the mother re-enters society? What are the support services to help ease mothers and their children through this painful time? Does the imprisonment of the mother tend to lead to future incarceration of their kids? Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States a beautiful and dramatic exhibition, provides a powerful occasion for paying attention to the facts and experiences of incarceration in the United States. Interrupted Life invites viewers to become educated, active community members, searching for further information and decent solutions to a major and growing problem in U.S. society. National Curator: Rickie Solinger, historian The Interrupted Life exhibit is the result of an exciting collaboration between activists, artists, scholars and incarcerated women and their families. Together with the Interrupted Life art exhibit New College has partnered with community organizations for a week long series of events related to issues of incarceration in the U.S. The community organizations proudly helping to sponsor the art exhibit and events include: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; California Coalition of Women Prisoners; Freedom Archives; Free Battered Women; Modern Times Bookstore; Prison Desk of the National Radio Project; Buildingbloc Arts Collective; Community Initiatives Program of San Francisco Women Against Rape; Friends of Marilyn Buck; Justice Now; Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents; Prison Activist Resource Center; Books Not Bars; Baysic Project/Sisterz of the Underground; Community Works and more. * "Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States" was made possible by support from the Ford Foundation ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ New College of California 766 Valencia Street San Francisco 415-437-3400 http://www.newcollege.edu Take BART to 16th and Mission, walk to Valencia between 18th and 19th Streets. Or Drive to the address, and street parking is available. ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 650-483-1179 http://www.newcollege.edu ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
