Restoration from the Inside Out: A Convening of South Mississippi Prison Educators

About this event

Join the Mississippi Prison Arts and Education Project for Restoration from the Inside Out: A Convening of South Mississippi Prison Educators, featuring conversations about the role of arts and education in prisons and the impact of these experiences on both educators and incarcerated students.

10:30 a.m. | Interactive Panel Discussion

Hear from Southern Miss instructors and students who have worked alongside incarcerated individuals through creative writing, meditation, family history and more.

12:30 p.m. | Featured Pedagogy Session

Kyes Stevens, poet, prison educator and founder of the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, will lead a featured session.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Gulf South.