Arts Resiliency presents

A Caged Bird

produced and implemented by Art for a Child’s Safe America Foundation (ArtSafe) in partnership with the Ohio Reformatory for Women.

By empowering the young women through academics, healing, character, and life-skills development, the Arts Resiliency program helps them begin to heal, establish a sense of order in their lives, and become productive members of society.This book is directed toward the young adults in and outside the walls. Our goals are to make these readers more aware of the long lasting consequences of violence and abuse and to show the harsh realities of incarceration.

To purchase copies of A Caged Bird, please contact our office at 614-237-9077.

InSide Out: Overcoming violence and abuse to transform the community presents

InSide Looking Out

Produced and implemented by Art for a Child’s Safe America Foundation in partnership with Madison Correctional Institution of Ohio.

By empowering the young men through academics, healing, character, and life skills building, they begin to establish a sense of order in their lives and become productive members of society.This book is dedicated toward the young people outside the walls. Our goals are to make readers more aware of the long lasting consequences of violence and abuse and show the realities of incarceration.

InSide Out Facliitator's Guide

With funding from the Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) and the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, we have created a Facilitator's Guide to assist those using InSide as an intervention component to youth-serving programs. Students examine the work of peers whose stories are powerful and of tremendous value to the at-risk young people who recognize their authenticity. Activities are aimed at developing literacy skills, connecting to community and making positive choices, as well as getting students excited about creating art. Dr. Leah Hackleman of Editorial Partners has created a dynamic literacy and critical-thinking tool that has reviewers’ (and students’) enthusiastic support.

To purchase copies of InSide Looking Out or the InSide Out Facilitator's Guide, please contact our office at 614-237-9077.

 

Restorative Justice through the Arts: Restoring the Faith presents

Unlived Lives

Produced and implemented by Art for a Child’s Safe America Foundation in partnership with Orient Correctional Institution of Ohio and Dr. Harry Eisel.

Unlived Lives is designed to create a partnership between offenders and the community to collectively resolve issues of adolescent violence while empowering the offenders to establish a sense of order in their lives and become productive members of the community.

Unlived Lives’ theme of violence: It’s personal costs and consequences is directed toward the juvenile community to make it more aware of the long range costs and consequences of their actions and to express to them the less attractive side of incarceration.

To purchase copies of Unlived Lives, please contact our office at 614-237-9077.