Words Uncaged

We work collaboratively with artists that are in captivity to shift the narratives that surround mass incarceration.

#WordsUncaged #WordsAreFreedom

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

"The majority of people are in here because they are functionally illiterate. They were told they were dumb, so they were afraid to learn. Once they develop confidence & realize they can do the work, they change themselves & transform. They become a better person." — Terry Evans

[The Death Row Soul Collective @TheCollectiveD1]

#ObieWeathers wrote: "This is a book that I hope demonstrates the power of individual and societal redemption that is possible when we invest in the wellbeing of people and not in their destruction."
Read the full review on our FB page: https://t.co/Vxr3izl5Fp

[The Death Row Soul Collective @TheCollectiveD1]

Howard Guidry (TX death row) about his friend #ArthurBrown executed tonight by the state of Texas, March 9:
spent tears burrow bone
weary cheeks spilling across
the chalk-lined concrete

haiku (they killed my bro)
#EndTheDeathPenalty

[The Death Row Soul Collective @TheCollectiveD1]

The Underground Poet (TX death row) about #GaryGreen executed on March 7: It's weird standing here at the window watching the transport van going away from me. I cannot see the man inside but I know he's there and who he is: Gary Green, my friend.
#EndTheDeathPenalty

[jessica @jettica65]

There are THREE MEN scheduled for execution this month in #Texas! Have you called @GregAbbott_TX? Have you signed a petition? Have you contacted your elected representatives? Have you sent a letter of support for anyone to the #Clemency board? Have you protested these executions?

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

Come by the exhibit tomorrow and pick up a copy! We will be at the Azadeh Shladovsky Studio from
6-9pm.

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

Copies of Obie Weathers’ “Buddhas on Death Row,” edited by Dr. Roy, will be available for purchase at SIX by NINE. Dr. Cornell West described the book as, “powerful and inspirational. So badly needed in our time.”

[Karine Omry @KarineOmry]

If you are in LA, you don't want to miss this exhibition on March 4, 6-9pm. Do you know what Six by Nine refers to? Find out on Saturday...
Among the artists, you will be able to discover the work of our friend & contributor #HowardGuidry
For more info follow @wordsuncaged

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

Kenneth is a supremely talented artist, who is currently serving a life sentence at CIM. He committed his life crime at 16 years old and is now, by every measure, a different human being: remade and luminous in his being, please help us give Kenneth a second chance on life.

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

Come see the work of Kenneth Webb at SIX by NINE at the Azadeh Shladovsky Studio on March 4th from 6-9pm!

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

Come meet 1970’s Angola Prison icon, Gary Tyler, at SIX by NINE at the Azadeh Shladovsky Studio on March 4th 6-9pm!

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

100% of proceeds from the auction will support WordsUncaged important work in prisons throughout California.

Our artists: Obie Weathers, Gary Tyler, Kenneth Webb, Howard Guidry, Ricardo Real, Travis Hoffmeister.

For more information, visit our website: https://t.co/AA32duSyrg

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

WordsUncaged in collaboration w/ Azadeh Shladovsky Studio is pleased to present SIX by NINE, an exhibition & art sale benefiting WordsUncaged on March 4th 6-9pm. Student engagement workshop March 4th, 4-6pm. Preview by appointment March 3rd (book via [email protected])

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

SIX by NINE refers to the dimensions of the cell that confine, or have confined, the bodies of the artists who created the works in this exhibit—dimensions that are unable to confine their imaginations and humanity.

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

Read more about Jason Keaton, one of our first @CalStateLA graduates and a Words Uncaged alum, and how he serves his community today below:

https://t.co/9y9jQtzcgF

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

@CalStateLA students: Words Uncaged student representatives, Darlene Rueda-Garcia and Sandra Mariano, will be at the English Department's Fall Open House this Thursday, October 20th, from 3-4 PM. Join us!

[Words Uncaged @wordsuncaged]

@jonnybernthal, host of the Real Ones podcast, visited the Calipatria State Prison and interviewed Brett May and Alex Zapien, two men who are serving LWOP:

https://t.co/2M3gYwKG93

[JOVRNALISM™️️ @TheJOVRNALISM]

First place: #LivesUnlocked is a community collaborative journalism project where we partnered with @wordsuncaged to train and empower reentry/formerly incarcerated folks to tell their stories through immersive tech like 360/VR video and photogrammetry. https://t.co/raMgEnvGhY

[LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop @LARB_Workshop]

Happy Wednesday 😄 Our guest speakers today are culture journalist, critic, and editor @freeblackgirl, plus @wordsuncaged founder and director Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy 🧡

[Allen Burnett @AllenBurnett20]

So looking forward to this event