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The Fowler has partnered with the Prison Education Program and Center for Justice to co-host a gathering of storytellers and a concert stemming from three UCLA courses: Women of Color and Social Movements, World Arts & Culture Senior Praxis, and Isn’t She Lovely: Reproductive Justice, Indigenous Birthing Practices and Healing the Family. This spoken-word and musical performance event highlights diverse perspectives and themes related to family, hardship, resilience, friendship, and love. 

Joined by students from the Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program (CCTRP) LA CADA residential facility and A New Way of Life (ANWOL) reentry program, the storytellers also engage themes drawn from history, literature, social movements, gender studies, and justice. 

About The Prison Education Program and Center for Justice (PEP)

The UCLA PEP launched in 2016 in response to the needs of incarcerated students, and became the first UC to provide college credit-bearing courses at county, state, and federal correctional facilities. Their courses have reached six carceral facilities in Southern California, enabling incarcerated students to complete associate degrees and reduce their sentences. 

Launched in 2022, the Center for Justice (CFJ) at UCLA works to dismantle the prison industrial complex through higher education, creative spaces, transformative practices, and movement-building on campuses, in system-impacted communities, and in correctional facilities nationwide. Linking prisons, classrooms, and grassroots organizations, CFJ’s work is guided by those who experience incarceration. CFJ recognizes that equal access to education is at the heart of systemic and structural change necessary to achieve justice.

This program is organized by the UCLA Prison Education Program and Center for Justice and is co-sponsored by UCLA World Arts & Cultures/Dance.