[LAAMN] Writing from Men on Parole

2013-09-17 Thread Diane Lefer
As some of you know, I had the opportunity this summer to offer writing workshops to men who had spent decades behind bars and are now on parole in LA County. We've put together a book of their work and will be giving away free copies at a public event. Some of the guys will be there for a QA with

[LAAMN] Writing from Men on Parole

2013-09-16 Thread Diane Lefer
As some of you know, I had the opportunity this summer to offer writing workshops to men who had spent decades behind bars and are now on parole in LA County. We've put together a book of their work and will be giving away free copies at a public event. Some of the guys will be there for a QA with

[LAAMN] Theater of Witness with Survivors of Torture

2013-02-19 Thread Diane Lefer
Hector Aristizabal's nonprofit organization, ImaginAction, presents We Are Here, Theater of Witness with torture survivors from Cameroon, El Salvador, Guatemala, Russia, and Uganda. These courageous men and women will tell their own stories in their own words--what they tried to accomplish in

[LAAMN] Aristizabal/Lefer events

2010-11-06 Thread Diane Lefer
Hi, all! Many of you have seen Hector Aristizábal perform our work here in LA --and if you travel a lot, maybe you've seen *Nightwind* on tour as far afield as Afghanistan). We write for the page as well as the stage. Sonali Kolhatkar interviews us about our social justice work and our recently