READING, Pa. – The art exhibit at Penn State Berks was more than a year in the making.<\/p>\n
“It represents a community in solidarity coming together,” said Ebonie Cunningham Stringer, an associate professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Berks.<\/p>\n
“Walk With Us” shows visitors the firsthand experiences of people impacted by incarceration.<\/p>\n
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The artwork was created by people in the Berks County Jail, along with corrections staff, county administrators, and community members.<\/p>\n
“This is an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to enhance their knowing and understanding around carceral systems,” said Stringer.<\/p>\n
The exhibit features murals, interactive installations, and listening stations.<\/p>\n
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“People who visit our exhibit will be able to listen to the voices of men, women, boys, and girls who have been impacted by incarceration,” Stringer.<\/p>\n
Voices like Shawn Bridges, who spent more than 20 years on death row and is now the director of reentry services for Real Deal 610.<\/p>\n
Along with leading the listening tour, Bridges contributed his own artwork to the exhibit.<\/p>\n
“It feels good to be a part of something that acknowledges that, you know, you may be returning citizen, but you’re not less than. You know, you’re still part of society,” said Bridges.<\/p>\n
Stringer says the exhibit’s designed to make viewers reflect on the justice system in Berks County and the people it impacts.<\/p>\n
“They are more than a number. They are more than this category that we kind of place as bad guys, right?” said Stringer.<\/p>\n
“Walk With Us” is free to visit. It will run through November 19th at the Perkins Student Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. – The art exhibit at Penn State Berks was more than a year in the making.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[44729,8335,524,2892,22077,752,44157,128,130,129,80229,10503,123412],"class_list":["post-299240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-art-exhibit","tag-berks-county-jail","tag-community","tag-criminal-justice","tag-incarceration","tag-murals","tag-penn-state-berks","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reentry","tag-rehabilitation","tag-walk-with-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}