210: Summer Echoes: Birds Will Be Birds

Andrea and Allison continue their sabbatical and have left behind some of their favorites. Christopher Blackwell co-founded Look 2 Justice , an organization that provides civic education to system-impacted communities and actively works to pass sentence and policy reform legislation. He is currently writing a book about solitary confinement. His writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Huffington Post , and many other outlets. He is a contributing writer at Jewish Currents , a contributing editor at The Appeal , and works closely with the prison writing program Empowerment Avenue . You can follow him on X @chriswblackwell . Chris’ story was originally published in The Appeal , which is a nonprofit news organization that envisions a world in which systems of support and care, not punishment, create public safety. Writing Class Radio is hosted by Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz . Audio production by Matt Cundill , Evan Surminski, Chloe Emond-Lane, and Aiden Glassey at the Sound Off Media Company. Theme music is by Justina Shandler . There’s more writing class on our website including stories we study, editing resources, video classes, writing retreats, and live online classes. Join our writing community by following us on Patreon . If you want to write with us every week, you can join our First Draft weekly writers groups. You have the option to join Allison on Tuesdays 12-1 ET. You’ll write to a prompt and share what you wrote. If you’re a business owner, community activist, group that needs healing, entrepreneur, or scientist and you want to help your team write better, check out all the classes we offer on our website, writingclassradio.com. Join the community that comes together for instruction, an excuse to write, and the support from other writers. To learn more, go to . Or sign up HERE for First Draft for a FREE Zoom link. There’s no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What’s yours? See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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