What I Want to Tell You - Children of the Incarcerated

There is a critical population in our midst that is often unseen and unheard - the children of incarcerated. The Judy Dworin Performance Project (JDPP), Charter Oak Cultural Center (COCC), the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at CCSU (IMRP), Families in Crisis (FIC), York Correctional Institution (YCI) and other Hartford area schools have joined together in a ground-breaking collaboration involving arts, social service, correctional and research organizations, to give much needed study, voice and visibility to this population of young people. This video highlights the pilot program from this collaboration, and a second phase is scheduled for the spring and summer of 2010.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Charter Oak Cultural Center
• Families in Crisis
• York Correctional Institution
• dance
• theater
• arts
• children
• incarcerated
• prison
• CT

[username1000times]

@allmiles1 You said it. I know that pain too. And so do three of my five children. They know three long years of that pain. As bad as it is for the mothers, we know it's much worse for the children to be without their mothers..... the people who run this program... God Bless them for it. A million times.

[username1000times]

Thank you to the people who made this program possible for the women at York, and especially for their children. To be able to share QUALITY TIME with their children while stuck in jail..... no, for the CHILDREN to be able to spend time with their MOTHERS while they are stuck in jail.... that is so, so incredibly priceless for them. The children suffer ENOUGH. Thank you and PLEASE continue doing what you do, bringing families together to build what special memories they can, and to bond.

[allmiles1]

i know first hand this pain...God bless those who show compassion and love for others...thank you