WEBVTT 00:00.333 --> 00:04.666 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% [Music] 00:04.733 --> 00:08.200 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Space, a splash of color, 00:09.833 --> 00:12.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% meaning; when you're sent away to prison, 00:13.000 --> 00:14.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% you lose more than your freedom, 00:14.833 --> 00:16.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% you lose your voice. 00:17.366 --> 00:20.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Art has the power to both heal and connect. 00:21.333 --> 00:24.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Art is also a set of skills that can be taught and learned. 00:25.966 --> 00:27.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% When you come out of prison, it's difficult, 00:27.966 --> 00:29.733 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% sometimes nearly impossible, 00:29.800 --> 00:34.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% to find your place back in the world to reclaim your voice. 00:36.266 --> 00:38.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Give someone the opportunity to work. 00:38.600 --> 00:41.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% You can feed their self-worth and pride, 00:41.966 --> 00:45.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% nurture their creativity and self-expression, 00:45.466 --> 00:47.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% feed their soul. 01:03.466 --> 01:08.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Returning Citizens is made possible by ... 01:37.500 --> 01:41.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% The United Way, fostering success of those who as they 01:42.000 --> 01:43.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% return to our neighborhoods, 01:43.933 --> 01:46.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% remain a largely untapped resource. 01:47.066 --> 01:49.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% The formally incarcerated. 01:49.433 --> 01:52.900 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% Waterman II Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation 01:52.966 --> 01:55.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% at the recommendation of David Hass. 01:55.733 --> 01:58.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% The Independence Foundation. 01:59.633 --> 02:02.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Philadelphia has become known as the City of Murals due to 02:02.833 --> 02:06.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% the efforts of hundreds of artists and one woman, 02:06.166 --> 02:07.566 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% Jane Golden. 02:08.033 --> 02:09.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Jane is a Stanford educated, 02:09.766 --> 02:13.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% unstoppable champion of art in public spaces. 02:14.200 --> 02:19.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% She's been changing urban landscapes and lives since 1984. 02:20.200 --> 02:23.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Jane created the Guild Restorative Justice Program, 02:23.733 --> 02:28.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% which uses art to heal and empower people and communities 02:28.100 --> 02:30.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% impacted by the criminal legal system. 02:31.600 --> 02:35.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% We met at a neighborhood mural called Family Interrupted. 02:40.566 --> 02:44.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% So it's the early 80s, you graduated from Stanford and 02:44.866 --> 02:47.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% you're living the life. What was that like? 02:47.333 --> 02:49.000 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% Well, actually, it was really lonely. 02:49.066 --> 02:52.133 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% I was painting in my studio and driving around Los Angeles 02:52.200 --> 02:54.200 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:40% and seeing these extraordinary murals, 02:54.266 --> 02:57.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and I remembered that I grew up in a family with parents 02:57.366 --> 02:59.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% who talked a lot about the murals that were created 02:59.200 --> 03:00.566 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% during the WPA. 03:00.633 --> 03:02.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And they talked about how artists could make an impact 03:02.933 --> 03:03.966 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% in the world. 03:04.033 --> 03:05.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% And I'm driving around, I'm like mural, mural, mural. 03:05.700 --> 03:07.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I'm like, these are so beautiful. 03:07.366 --> 03:10.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% One day I'm coming home and I open the LA Times and there's 03:10.433 --> 03:13.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% an article about the LA mural program and they give out 03:13.266 --> 03:15.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% grants to artists to do murals and communities. 03:15.233 --> 03:18.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% So I think, ha, I I'm going to apply. 03:18.266 --> 03:20.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% They said all the things they have to do, 03:20.233 --> 03:22.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% like find a wall, hire people from the community, 03:22.333 --> 03:24.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% do a community inspired design. 03:24.433 --> 03:26.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So I hung up, I did everything, 03:26.266 --> 03:27.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% I did all those things. 03:27.333 --> 03:28.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% I found a good wall, I did a design, 03:28.533 --> 03:31.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I I knocked on people's doors and said would you make a 03:31.200 --> 03:34.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% mural with me like strangers and then dropped off my packet. 03:34.733 --> 03:37.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I called them every day for three months and after three 03:37.466 --> 03:39.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% months I got a call and someone said: 03:39.700 --> 03:40.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% "I'd like to speak with Jane Golden." 03:40.766 --> 03:41.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% And I said: "This is she." 03:41.866 --> 03:44.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And they said, this is the truth: "We hope we never 03:44.466 --> 03:46.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% hear from you again but you have the grant." 03:46.933 --> 03:49.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% And the grant was $300 to do a wall, 03:49.233 --> 03:50.933 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% 100 feet long and 20 feet high. 03:51.000 --> 03:54.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% It was such a thrill to do this mural and I just decided 03:54.866 --> 03:58.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% then because I was an I was a double major at Stanford, 03:58.133 --> 03:59.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% political science and fine art and I thought, 03:59.566 --> 04:01.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I'll be an artist, I'll be a lawyer. 04:01.066 --> 04:02.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And I thought, I'm not going to be a lawyer, 04:02.633 --> 04:04.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I'm going to paint murals. 04:04.333 --> 04:07.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% But murals that seems like the perfect way to do political 04:07.166 --> 04:08.200 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% science and art. 04:08.266 --> 04:09.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% That's right, I found my calling. 04:09.733 --> 04:12.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I mean, I'm telling you, it was like such a thrill. 04:12.700 --> 04:14.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And then we started working with young people on probation 04:14.933 --> 04:17.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and doing bigger, more complicated projects, 04:17.600 --> 04:20.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and I got to see the power of art like firsthand. 04:20.833 --> 04:22.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% It was, it was like, contagious, right? 04:22.833 --> 04:28.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So and that takes us to 1984 and you're back in Philadelphia. 04:28.800 --> 04:31.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I pick up the Philadelphia Enquirer and I read about 04:31.533 --> 04:34.066 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% that there's a man named Wilson Good who's running for mayor. 04:34.133 --> 04:37.266 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% I read that he's won our first black mayor, 04:37.333 --> 04:38.433 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% it's hugely exciting. 04:38.500 --> 04:40.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And then I read an article that he's going to start an 04:40.466 --> 04:43.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% anti-graffiti network and in the article it's buried, 04:43.400 --> 04:46.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% he says he's going to work with young people who are 04:46.333 --> 04:48.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% writing on walls and create an art component 04:48.700 --> 04:50.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% because he thinks that they have talent. 04:50.300 --> 04:52.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And I thought to myself that could be my job. 04:53.000 --> 04:54.900 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% Like, what a random thought, right? 04:54.966 --> 04:55.900 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% I don't know Wilson Good. 04:55.966 --> 04:58.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% So I go home and I write a letter to Wilson Good. 04:58.733 --> 05:00.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Like, I would be like, my honor to work in your 05:01.033 --> 05:03.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% administration and then a few weeks later, 05:03.233 --> 05:05.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I get a call from this man who was head of arts and culture. 05:06.000 --> 05:08.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And he said: "I know your boss from the City of LA 05:08.866 --> 05:10.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I got your resume, I called her, 05:10.533 --> 05:12.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I said, should I hire Jane Golden?" 05:12.200 --> 05:13.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% She said: "She'll drive you crazy, 05:14.000 --> 05:16.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% She's so tenacious, but you should hire her." 05:16.366 --> 05:19.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I mean, I felt like the sky's the limit and then I started 05:19.366 --> 05:21.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% meeting all these graffiti writers with enormous talent 05:21.933 --> 05:23.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and potential genius actually. 05:23.866 --> 05:26.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% What they did not have were opportunities and options. 05:26.366 --> 05:28.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And then communities started asking for murals. 05:28.300 --> 05:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% So we had this old city vehicle and we kept paints in it. 05:31.266 --> 05:32.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And we were like, da, da, da, we were like, 05:33.033 --> 05:34.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% on the move all the time, okay, 05:34.266 --> 05:35.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% this corner, that corner. 05:35.133 --> 05:35.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% People were like, we want a mural, 05:35.966 --> 05:36.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% we want a mural. 05:36.800 --> 05:38.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% And for young people, it was like, 05:38.266 --> 05:41.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% oh my God, it was like art became a lifeline for them. 05:41.833 --> 05:44.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Included in the people you work with are returning 05:44.633 --> 05:47.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% citizens and people who are doing time right now. 05:47.400 --> 05:50.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% We started working in the county prison a little bit and 05:50.600 --> 05:53.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% then we got an invitation to come present at the state prison 05:53.700 --> 05:55.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% to a group of men in the art class. 05:55.600 --> 05:58.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% And I remember thinking, this is, 05:58.133 --> 05:59.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% you know, I don't think anyone's going to really 05:59.800 --> 06:01.000 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% relate to the work. 06:01.066 --> 06:04.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And we drove, it's an hour and a half outside the city and we 06:04.533 --> 06:07.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% went in this class and I walked in and saw remarkable work. 06:07.800 --> 06:09.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% And after the talk the men said, 06:09.800 --> 06:12.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Jane, if we'd only had an anti-graffiti or a mural arts 06:12.766 --> 06:14.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% program, maybe we would not be here. 06:14.833 --> 06:18.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And so it just really moved me and I went back and then the 06:18.933 --> 06:20.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% art therapist reached out again, 06:20.300 --> 06:21.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% said let's do a mural. 06:21.200 --> 06:22.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% So we go out there, we do this mural. 06:22.466 --> 06:24.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% The mural changes every two weeks the men change it, 06:24.866 --> 06:25.800 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% change it, change it, change it. 06:25.866 --> 06:27.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'm like, look, this is like the Sistine Chapel, 06:27.466 --> 06:28.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% we have to finish the mural. 06:28.433 --> 06:30.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% They said: "Jane, if we finish it, 06:30.266 --> 06:32.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% you're never coming back." 06:32.066 --> 06:33.266 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Wow. 06:33.333 --> 06:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% And they said: "You know what we call sometimes people like you?" 06:34.600 --> 06:35.500 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% And I said: "What?" 06:35.566 --> 06:38.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% They said: "Taurus, people like you come in, 06:38.300 --> 06:39.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% they want to put it on their resume, 06:39.900 --> 06:42.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% they get a grant and then they they leave and never come back." 06:42.300 --> 06:43.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I'm like, well, you don't know Jane Golden. 06:43.933 --> 06:45.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% First of all, I'd never really go away. 06:45.666 --> 06:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% We're sort of like Lou, I said: "What would you like to do?" 06:49.000 --> 06:50.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And they said: "We want to do outdoor murals." 06:51.000 --> 06:53.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And I'm like, wow, because mostly they were lifers. 06:53.566 --> 06:55.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I'm like, I think that's above my pay grade to get you out. 06:55.833 --> 06:57.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% So what can we do? 06:57.300 --> 06:58.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Oh, I said, oh, we get pain on parachute cloth. 06:59.033 --> 07:00.433 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% So Parachute cloth? 07:00.500 --> 07:04.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Yeah, it's this lightweight material and I think this 07:04.500 --> 07:05.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% mural's actually on parachute cloth. 07:05.700 --> 07:08.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% You can't tell it's gelled up, but it makes it totally an 07:08.533 --> 07:09.566 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% inclusive experience. 07:09.633 --> 07:11.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% That's how we have thousands of kids working. 07:11.233 --> 07:11.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% That's how we can work behind them ... 07:11.933 --> 07:13.100 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% Okay, hold on. 07:13.166 --> 07:14.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% You actually mean like pure issues that people jump out of 07:14.666 --> 07:15.200 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% planes with. 07:15.266 --> 07:15.866 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% It's similar to that. 07:15.933 --> 07:16.433 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Okay. 07:16.500 --> 07:17.633 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 07:17.700 --> 07:19.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But then in 2007 we said, you know what we're not doing? 07:19.733 --> 07:21.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% We're not working with people coming home 07:21.400 --> 07:22.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and we need to do that. 07:22.500 --> 07:24.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% So people coming home, they need jobs, 07:24.966 --> 07:28.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% they need healthcare, they need a place to live. 07:28.100 --> 07:31.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% How did you make the case that they need art? 07:31.300 --> 07:34.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Because art can be practical, art can be useful. 07:34.400 --> 07:37.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And if you mine all the skills involved in art making, 07:37.066 --> 07:38.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% you actually have a lot. 07:38.566 --> 07:40.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% You have scaffolding building, you can get people also trained, 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20% they can learn to work with a lift. 07:42.066 --> 07:43.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% There are all kinds of surfaces. 07:43.333 --> 07:47.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% There's house painting, there's community organizing. 07:47.333 --> 07:49.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% There's being a leader in the community, 07:49.333 --> 07:55.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% it's also remember we need to not just think about the skills, 07:55.700 --> 07:57.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% but we have to feed people's hearts and souls. 07:57.966 --> 08:01.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% We have to help them become resilient and gritty and be 08:01.666 --> 08:05.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% sort of like feel okay in their own skin and art can do that. 08:05.066 --> 08:06.200 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Why? 08:06.266 --> 08:08.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Because we approach everything with rigor and with love, 08:08.666 --> 08:11.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% we're embracing our constituents and saying that 08:11.866 --> 08:15.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% we see the glass half full and we are not judging. 08:15.300 --> 08:17.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% There is so much stigma in our society, 08:17.266 --> 08:19.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% it hovers over us and I say break it. 08:19.533 --> 08:21.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Let's shift the paradigm. 08:21.100 --> 08:22.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% We can do this. 08:22.300 --> 08:24.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% We can reclaim public space and reclaim individual lives 08:24.866 --> 08:25.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% at the same time. 08:25.766 --> 08:27.966 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% [music] 08:28.033 --> 08:28.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% So at the beginning of this project 08:28.866 --> 08:30.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% we had a lot of engagement. 08:30.100 --> 08:33.800 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% There were multiple meetings in person with people with our 08:33.866 --> 08:34.900 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:35% Guild members, 08:34.966 --> 08:37.766 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% some men who are commuted from their prison terms. 08:37.833 --> 08:39.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% And when you say Guild, 08:39.566 --> 08:41.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% what's what do you mean by the Guild members? 08:41.666 --> 08:44.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% The Guild program is a group of youth and young men 08:44.966 --> 08:47.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% who are at risk that we, that we work with. 08:47.733 --> 08:50.333 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% Some of them come to us directly from prison and some 08:50.400 --> 08:53.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% of them you know are are are considered at risk that we 08:53.266 --> 08:54.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% that we work with. 08:54.566 --> 08:57.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% What is it that you think the people you work with take away 08:57.800 --> 09:00.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% from the experience of working on a mural? 09:00.766 --> 09:03.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I mean at the end of the day you just hope that its 09:03.300 --> 09:06.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% ownership, you know they they they ownership in the wall in 09:06.800 --> 09:10.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% the final work of art, but then also that they feel like 09:10.466 --> 09:12.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% their voice was heard and their their experience is 09:12.666 --> 09:14.366 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% valued and reflected in the design. 09:14.433 --> 09:16.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% That's what I hope that everybody takes away. 09:19.666 --> 09:22.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% So what the team's doing today is very important because how 09:22.700 --> 09:24.266 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% this wall is primed 09:24.333 --> 09:27.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% dictates the health of the mural moving forward. 09:27.400 --> 09:30.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And then they're going to be transforming this into 09:30.866 --> 09:32.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% something really beautiful and magical, 09:32.700 --> 09:35.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% because I've seen the design and there's the leader, 09:36.033 --> 09:37.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Dawan Williams. - And they're working hard too. 09:37.666 --> 09:38.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% What's up, Dawan? - Dawan, Dawan. 09:38.366 --> 09:39.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Good to meet you, brother. 09:39.200 --> 09:40.266 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% Good, good. 09:40.333 --> 09:42.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% So what you see here today, you know like Jane said, 09:42.933 --> 09:47.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% we had uh nice location in North Philadelphia you know 09:47.500 --> 09:50.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% the community demands a mural, they they demand the 09:50.600 --> 09:53.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% beautification, you know of the City of Philadelphia. 09:53.100 --> 09:55.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% How do how do people get in the program? 09:55.100 --> 09:57.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% How does one become a member of The Guild 09:57.166 --> 09:58.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% I personally, 09:58.433 --> 10:00.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I've come in contact with the Mural Arts Program when I was 10:01.000 --> 10:04.566 align:start position:15% line:10% size:65% at Graterford prison years ago and I was involved in a 10:04.633 --> 10:07.033 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:40% program that was geared towards reconnecting 10:07.100 --> 10:09.666 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:50% incarcerated fathers back with their children. 10:09.733 --> 10:13.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And what Mural Arts did was they provided the artwork and 10:13.200 --> 10:15.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% the art served as a vehicle that brought my family 10:15.866 --> 10:17.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% personally back together. 10:17.466 --> 10:22.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% So that mural is is here in Philadelphia and when I I 10:22.100 --> 10:24.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% returned home from prison and my my family seen that, 10:24.400 --> 10:26.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% it gives them a sense of empowerment. 10:26.533 --> 10:28.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And what are the kinds of things that they're learning, 10:29.000 --> 10:30.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% obviously how to paint. 10:30.500 --> 10:33.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Well, we learned in basic introduction to carpentry, 10:33.266 --> 10:35.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% you know, teaching guys, young men, 10:35.600 --> 10:36.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and women how to work with their hands. 10:37.033 --> 10:39.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% We teach them a basic introduction to art class. 10:39.966 --> 10:42.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And all the guys and young men and women that you see here 10:42.800 --> 10:44.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% today, this is their first-time painting. 10:44.300 --> 10:45.433 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% Really. 10:45.500 --> 10:46.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% This is their first time, This is their first experience 10:46.600 --> 10:47.666 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% wow. 10:47.733 --> 10:49.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% You know, and these, these are trades and skills that 10:49.366 --> 10:50.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% they take back home with them. 10:50.833 --> 10:52.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% You know they're able to help their families, 10:52.266 --> 10:53.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% They're able to help the community. 10:53.600 --> 10:56.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% You know they're they're able to add value you know and 10:56.366 --> 10:59.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% assets you know to to their their Armory. 10:59.200 --> 10:59.800 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% That's wonderful. 10:59.866 --> 11:00.633 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% It's very inspiring. 11:00.700 --> 11:01.833 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Thank you for sharing that. 11:01.900 --> 11:04.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Dawan is a real role model and and an incredible leader. 11:04.700 --> 11:07.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% And you know, we just believe strongly people shouldn't be 11:07.933 --> 11:11.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% defined by a part of their life where something went wrong. 11:11.966 --> 11:13.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Right, the worst day of your life was not the 11:13.866 --> 11:15.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% last day of your life, the words of Jane Golden, you know? 11:15.800 --> 11:16.900 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% That's right. 11:16.966 --> 11:18.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% And how did you get involved in the Guild? 11:18.833 --> 11:22.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% The Guild was a program that, of course it's for people 11:22.100 --> 11:24.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% that's reentering society from being incarcerated. 11:24.766 --> 11:28.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% So you know, I had a good word from a brother named Dewan, 11:28.266 --> 11:30.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and he got me right into the program my first day home. 11:30.800 --> 11:33.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And I've been on a straight, narrow ever since, yeah. 11:33.966 --> 11:35.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Yeah, and when, when you were locked up, 11:35.266 --> 11:37.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% were you thinking this is something that you could do 11:37.466 --> 11:38.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% when you came home? 11:38.833 --> 11:40.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Oh yeah, for sure. 11:40.100 --> 11:43.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I didn't know exactly what the program was about until I got 11:43.400 --> 11:44.566 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% into the program. 11:44.633 --> 11:47.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% And once I found out what it was about and the people that 11:47.300 --> 11:49.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% surrounded the program, that supported the program, 11:49.400 --> 11:52.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% that fund the program, it was like being at home. 11:52.066 --> 11:52.833 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% Being at home? 11:52.900 --> 11:54.000 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5% - Yeah - What do you mean? 11:54.066 --> 11:56.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% Like you know you feel home when you're in this program. 11:56.533 --> 11:57.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% You feel safe, you feel loved. 11:57.900 --> 12:01.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% You know that's just what this program give you. 12:01.400 --> 12:04.333 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Growing up inside the city and me and 12:04.400 --> 12:08.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% misguided it just a lot it just you know we never really 12:09.033 --> 12:10.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% get to find our path until it's too late. 12:10.800 --> 12:16.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So now just it's it's more it's more light for us 12:16.500 --> 12:18.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% you know it's more hope. 12:18.100 --> 12:20.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% It's never too late. 12:20.100 --> 12:22.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% So, Akil, I heard you're the boss man. 12:22.366 --> 12:24.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% I'm not the boss man. 12:24.200 --> 12:25.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% I'm I'm just a teacher. 12:25.566 --> 12:26.066 align:start position:42.5% line:10% size:12.5% Okay. 12:26.133 --> 12:27.300 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% What what do you teach? 12:27.366 --> 12:30.766 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% I teach art here at the Guild, teaching art-based skills to 12:30.833 --> 12:33.900 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% kind of get guys back involved in the community in ways that 12:33.966 --> 12:36.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% repair some of the damage that they may have done, 12:36.466 --> 12:38.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% but ultimately help repair them. 12:39.000 --> 12:43.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Restorative justice is not just about restoring the community, 12:43.666 --> 12:45.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% it's also about restoring the individual. 12:45.566 --> 12:48.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Well, some of these guys don't really have other options and 12:48.833 --> 12:52.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% to see other options being given not just to to me, 12:52.366 --> 12:56.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% but to others, and to see it proliferated in this community 12:56.466 --> 12:57.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% is really beautiful. 12:57.833 --> 12:58.933 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% Because at the end of the day, 12:59.000 --> 13:01.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% there are real people behind these murals. 13:01.100 --> 13:04.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% It's not paint and a wall, it's this blood, 13:04.900 --> 13:07.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% sweat and tears of everyone that has worked on this wall. 13:08.066 --> 13:11.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% The Crown, a mural of the heart of Philadelphia, 13:11.333 --> 13:14.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% is a living world that has evolved in response to ongoing 13:15.033 --> 13:20.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% protests and the fight to end systemic racism and inequality. 13:20.466 --> 13:24.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I spoke to its award-winning creator, Russell Craig. 13:24.200 --> 13:27.433 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% During the 2020 uprising, the riots, 13:27.500 --> 13:31.400 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% and things like that, Jane Golden asked me to participate 13:31.466 --> 13:33.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% in putting a mural here to represent the people, 13:34.033 --> 13:35.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% highlighting the people, 13:35.533 --> 13:38.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% the names of victims of police brutality, 13:38.533 --> 13:40.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% people of color just wanted to give the people 13:40.333 --> 13:42.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% something to believe in, like some hope. 13:42.833 --> 13:45.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Coming home is is so tough. For so many... 13:45.166 --> 13:45.666 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 13:45.733 --> 13:46.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% ...brothers and sisters. 13:46.600 --> 13:50.666 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% What made your journey home successful? 13:50.733 --> 13:53.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% Believing in yourself like I believed. 13:54.033 --> 13:58.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% And people may not understand what it means to become 13:58.400 --> 14:01.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% stronger from some of those tough experiences. 14:01.866 --> 14:04.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I had an epiphany one day to change it around 14:04.066 --> 14:05.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and art would be my tool. 14:05.600 --> 14:08.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% And where was that epiphany? 14:08.200 --> 14:11.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% In my insides, you know, like I just felt it, 14:11.433 --> 14:12.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% that it was time to make a change. 14:12.700 --> 14:15.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% And did art help? 14:15.166 --> 14:16.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Of course it was the tools all I had. 14:16.900 --> 14:20.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Plan A with no Plan B, all, or nothing. 14:20.700 --> 14:23.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% So you got to believe, and here we are. 14:23.133 --> 14:24.033 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% Here we are. 14:24.100 --> 14:24.966 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Congratulations my brother. 14:25.033 --> 14:26.266 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% All righty. Thank you. 14:27.866 --> 14:31.233 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% Jesse Krimes is a highly respected working artist whose 14:31.300 --> 14:36.133 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% career since he came home focuses on criminal injustice 14:36.200 --> 14:37.900 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% and prison reform. 14:37.966 --> 14:41.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I spoke to him near a piece to honor his mentor, 14:41.200 --> 14:46.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% James Yaya Hough, it's called Prophesied. 14:46.066 --> 14:51.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% So I was incarcerated in federal prison and I served 14:51.766 --> 14:54.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% five years of a six-year sentence. 14:54.533 --> 14:59.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% And while I was in there, the director of the Restorative 14:59.266 --> 15:02.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Justice program with the Mural Arts of Philadelphia came in 15:02.433 --> 15:04.233 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% to visit the prison. 15:04.300 --> 15:08.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And you know, I got to show her a little bit of my art and 15:08.400 --> 15:12.166 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% she basically offered me a job on the spot and said that when 15:12.233 --> 15:15.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I come home to look her up at Mural Arts and they would have 15:15.266 --> 15:19.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% a job waiting for me at the with the with the Guild. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And may I ask what you were incarcerated for? 15:22.366 --> 15:26.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Yes, I was incarcerated for on drug charges. 15:26.566 --> 15:28.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% And while you were going through all this, 15:28.266 --> 15:30.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% were you still making art in prison? 15:30.800 --> 15:32.000 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% I was. 15:32.066 --> 15:37.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% It was actually the thing that I began to do almost immediately. 15:37.200 --> 15:39.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% When you go into the prison system, 15:39.966 --> 15:42.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% they basically take everything from you, right? 15:42.833 --> 15:46.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% So they strip you from your family and friends and 15:46.566 --> 15:50.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% everything that can kind of like that forms your identity. 15:50.833 --> 15:52.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Artwork was one of the only things that they couldn't take 15:53.033 --> 15:54.166 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% away from me. 15:54.233 --> 15:56.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And so I knew very early on that it was something that I 15:57.033 --> 15:59.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% had to invest myself in. 15:59.200 --> 16:03.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% The system is basically designed to crush you like 16:03.166 --> 16:06.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% it's designed to destroy who you are as a person, 16:06.700 --> 16:09.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% take away your dignity, take away your sense of self. 16:09.833 --> 16:15.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And so by making artwork, it immediately provided something 16:15.466 --> 16:18.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% of value to me that they could not touch. 16:18.166 --> 16:21.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% You know, people who are both incarcerated and formerly 16:21.800 --> 16:25.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% incarcerated face a significant amount of barriers 16:25.866 --> 16:31.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% to not just reenter society like on a very basic level and 16:31.500 --> 16:36.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% live with dignity, but it's very difficult to be visible 16:36.133 --> 16:37.200 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% and valued. 16:37.266 --> 16:40.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Like there is a deep, deep stigma that is attached to 16:40.500 --> 16:42.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% people after they've been incarcerated. 16:42.833 --> 16:46.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% All it takes is for, you know, one or two people to actually 16:46.533 --> 16:51.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% see you and value you and Mural Arts was that thing for me. 16:51.600 --> 16:55.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Being seen in that way and being valued in that way was 16:55.366 --> 16:57.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% something that I it gave me a very solid foundation 16:58.000 --> 16:59.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% to stand on 16:59.233 --> 17:01.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and it was something that I was able to then build from. 17:02.366 --> 17:05.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% That's the type of investment that I think is necessary for 17:05.800 --> 17:09.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% people who have been incarcerated. 17:09.266 --> 17:11.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% And so even in that vein, like since then I've, 17:11.366 --> 17:14.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I've gone on to start my own fellowship, 17:14.933 --> 17:17.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% which supports people who come home from prison. 17:17.366 --> 17:19.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And so it's like, you know, the support that was offered 17:19.766 --> 17:22.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% to me from Mural Arts is now something that I'm able to 17:22.600 --> 17:24.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% kind of replicate and offer to other people. 17:24.700 --> 17:28.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And through that we're able to build a much more kind of just 17:28.800 --> 17:32.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and equitable world that is not based off of punishment 17:32.966 --> 17:37.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% and retribution, but more on advancement and community and 17:37.066 --> 17:39.333 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% how we move forward in this world. 17:39.400 --> 17:44.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter is her government name. 17:44.233 --> 17:47.433 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% Her rap name is Isis Tha Saviour. 17:47.500 --> 17:50.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% She's spent a harrowing time in prison 17:50.100 --> 17:52.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% where she gave birth to her son. 17:52.566 --> 17:57.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Now she's an acclaimed artist who creates socially conscious 17:57.466 --> 18:04.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% music, film and visual art based on her own life journey. 18:04.700 --> 18:07.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter. 18:07.133 --> 18:07.600 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Yes. 18:07.666 --> 18:08.900 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% You are the artist. 18:08.966 --> 18:12.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% I am the woman behind this design. 18:12.266 --> 18:13.433 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% I love this. 18:13.500 --> 18:15.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% You're a successful artist. You're an accomplished artist. 18:15.733 --> 18:16.933 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Right? 18:17.833 --> 18:19.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% What's your story? 18:19.333 --> 18:20.700 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% So, you know, I grew up 18:20.766 --> 18:24.933 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% in a very under resourced neighborhood. 18:25.000 --> 18:29.000 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% You know, we didn't have textbooks in our schools. 18:29.066 --> 18:31.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% And then on top of that, my mother, 18:31.066 --> 18:32.266 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% she had schizophrenia. 18:32.333 --> 18:35.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So, you know, there was a lot of fragmentation and 18:35.466 --> 18:37.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% interruption and disruption in that area of my life and, 18:37.866 --> 18:39.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% you know, being passed on to family members. 18:39.966 --> 18:43.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% You know but I want to rewind a little bit because I always 18:43.266 --> 18:44.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% loved art as a kid, you know. - Yes. 18:44.800 --> 18:46.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% But just not having the infrastructure and the support 18:46.766 --> 18:49.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% that I needed to, you know, cultivate, 18:49.100 --> 18:51.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and nurture those skills. 18:51.133 --> 18:54.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I found myself back in Philadelphia trying to get, 18:54.133 --> 18:57.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% you know, a job, McDonald's, whatever could hire me. 18:57.533 --> 18:59.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% People told me I was overqualified 18:59.366 --> 19:00.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% or I just never heard back. 19:00.766 --> 19:03.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% And then I found myself doing survival crimes inside of the 19:03.300 --> 19:07.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% criminal economy, just trying to feed myself. 19:07.100 --> 19:12.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% But after my incarceration, which was when I the day 19:12.533 --> 19:16.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% I turned nine months pregnant, I was arrested. 19:16.133 --> 19:21.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And after about three3 days in the prison system, 19:21.900 --> 19:24.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I was also nine months pregnant so I went into labor 19:24.700 --> 19:28.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and that was kind of like the the eye-opening moment for me 19:28.200 --> 19:31.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% where I knew that things had to change. 19:31.966 --> 19:34.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And you gave birth in prison? 19:34.166 --> 19:40.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% Yes, after 43 hours of being shackled to a bed at Einstein 19:40.366 --> 19:43.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Hospital, I gave birth to my first and only child. 19:43.500 --> 19:45.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% You were, and you gave birth while you were shot. 19:45.566 --> 19:51.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Yes, at the time, in 2007, Pennsylvania did not have any 19:51.200 --> 19:55.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% laws that prevented the shackling of pregnant women. 19:55.233 --> 19:56.933 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:15% And it ironically, like I said, 19:57.000 --> 20:00.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I'm a multimedia, multidisciplinary artist. 20:00.133 --> 20:03.400 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% So I I created a film around that experience called 20:03.466 --> 20:04.666 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% Ain't I a Woman? 20:04.733 --> 20:06.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% It was kind of cathartic for me to go back and really 20:06.966 --> 20:10.233 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% realize the injustice that had occurred. 20:10.300 --> 20:12.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So when when I hear you talking about your art and 20:12.633 --> 20:14.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% your activism. - Right. 20:14.433 --> 20:16.500 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% They seem intertwined. 20:16.566 --> 20:21.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% They are, you know, for me, you know, 20:21.600 --> 20:23.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% like Nina Simone said, you know, 20:23.233 --> 20:25.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% an artist should reflect the times. 20:25.433 --> 20:29.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And that's what I I try and I, you know, ascribe to. 20:29.866 --> 20:35.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% My work reflects the moments that we live in and I I try to, 20:35.733 --> 20:36.833 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I try to speak to those. 20:36.900 --> 20:39.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And like I said before, I don't believe that an artist 20:39.466 --> 20:41.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% should stay, you know, in the studio. 20:42.000 --> 20:44.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% We should, you know, take that work further. 20:44.266 --> 20:46.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% The conversation is just the beginning. 20:46.133 --> 20:47.966 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5% Dig deep. 20:48.033 --> 20:52.100 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% Dawan Williams served too many years in Graterford prison and 20:52.166 --> 20:55.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% when he came home, passionately dedicated himself 20:55.200 --> 20:59.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% to making up for the time he lost as a father and as a man. 21:00.033 --> 21:03.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% He's become an inspirational leader in the restorative 21:03.900 --> 21:05.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% justice program. 21:05.566 --> 21:08.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% I met him and his son Dawan, 21:08.133 --> 21:11.233 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% next to fathers and children together. 21:11.300 --> 21:13.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% What's this, tell us about this beautiful artwork. 21:13.500 --> 21:16.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% So what do you what do you see right here is the phenomenal 21:16.433 --> 21:19.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% fact FACT fathers and children together ... 21:19.866 --> 21:21.033 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Okay. 21:21.100 --> 21:23.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Mural and this mural was done done inside of the walls at 21:23.300 --> 21:24.700 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% Greaterford prison. 21:24.766 --> 21:28.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And you talked about the father looking down at his son. 21:28.200 --> 21:30.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Yeah, I used to because I had to sit when when we was first 21:30.500 --> 21:33.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% drawing it, I had to stand in front of little Dawan like this 21:33.333 --> 21:35.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% because this this a part right here of our program 21:36.033 --> 21:37.300 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% that's called Air it Out. 21:37.366 --> 21:38.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So while you in the visitor room, 21:38.833 --> 21:41.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% it's 15 fathers, it's fifteen sons. 21:41.100 --> 21:41.766 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Mmm. 21:41.833 --> 21:42.633 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Right? 21:42.700 --> 21:43.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% And then you have an external team. 21:43.866 --> 21:45.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And I had to get up in the circle in front of all these 21:45.700 --> 21:48.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% other fathers and sons, and I had to look little Dawan in 21:48.566 --> 21:50.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% his face, and I had to apologize to him for being in 21:51.033 --> 21:52.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% prison and not being there for him. 21:52.766 --> 21:53.433 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Wow. 21:53.500 --> 21:54.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And making those bad decisions. 21:54.633 --> 21:57.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And as a man, you know, coming from these communities, 21:57.600 --> 21:59.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% we've never been taught to have emotion. 21:59.533 --> 22:01.266 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% We was never taught to apologize. 22:01.333 --> 22:03.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% We was never really taught when we were right or wrong, 22:03.533 --> 22:04.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% weak, or strong. 22:04.700 --> 22:06.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% You know, that could be a bit much. 22:06.266 --> 22:07.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% It's not a dry eye in the room. 22:07.666 --> 22:10.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And what was that like to have your dad apologizing to you? 22:10.666 --> 22:14.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I'm not going to lie, probably made me want to shed a tear 22:15.000 --> 22:18.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% because that is crazy that my dad is away that well, 22:19.033 --> 22:22.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% he was away in jail, and he wasn't with me to like, 22:22.266 --> 22:23.133 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20% he said. 22:23.200 --> 22:24.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Go on my first bike ride, tie my shoes, 22:24.766 --> 22:26.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% teach me how to cook, teach me how to wash clothes, 22:27.000 --> 22:28.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% stuff like that. 22:28.233 --> 22:31.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% But we we're going to leave that in the past that we just 22:31.300 --> 22:33.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% going to focus on now. 22:33.100 --> 22:35.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% When you get to know a child, get to know their favorite 22:35.566 --> 22:37.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% color, you know their basketball players, 22:37.933 --> 22:39.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% we got to know that about one another. 22:39.300 --> 22:40.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% And I'm wondering if he still know. 22:40.400 --> 22:44.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% You know who my favorite basketball player is? 22:44.200 --> 22:46.300 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Oh, LeBron, LeBron, LeBron. 22:46.366 --> 22:47.233 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Remember my favorite movie? 22:47.300 --> 22:48.566 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Beverly Hill Cops. 22:48.633 --> 22:49.000 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Right. 22:49.066 --> 22:49.666 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 22:49.733 --> 22:50.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Remember my favorite color? 22:50.966 --> 22:51.533 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Red. 22:51.600 --> 22:52.266 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% Favorite food? 22:52.333 --> 22:53.066 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% Fried chicken. 22:53.133 --> 22:54.100 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 22:54.166 --> 22:55.100 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 22:55.166 --> 22:56.166 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% That's good. 22:56.233 --> 22:57.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And that's very important because think about it, 22:57.900 --> 22:59.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% it's a lot of fathers living in the home with their 22:59.833 --> 23:01.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% children, and they don't know their favorite color, 23:01.900 --> 23:03.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% they don't know their favorite book, 23:03.133 --> 23:05.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% they don't know their favorite ball player and vice versa. 23:05.733 --> 23:07.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% So we got to make sure that we're really, 23:07.333 --> 23:09.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% really, really tapping into these children. 23:09.366 --> 23:13.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And fortunately for us, we was able to use art as a vehicle 23:13.066 --> 23:14.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% to be able to do that. 23:14.266 --> 23:16.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% With the young men and women in the Guild program, 23:16.566 --> 23:18.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I know what it's like being 18, 23:18.333 --> 23:21.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% 19 and 20 years old and having no direction, 23:21.466 --> 23:23.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% nobody out here to tell you the right thing. 23:23.633 --> 23:25.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% Everybody's telling you wrong. 23:25.800 --> 23:27.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% So when everybody's telling you wrong, 23:27.633 --> 23:29.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% the only thing really left to do is wrong. 23:29.800 --> 23:32.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So now, for the first time in our lives, 23:32.433 --> 23:35.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% we're all from different neighborhoods in a different 23:35.233 --> 23:38.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% part of the city, and we're listening to somebody who used 23:38.533 --> 23:42.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% to be into that lifestyle that everybody uplifts and glorifies. 23:43.000 --> 23:46.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% But I'm telling them not to do that because it's all a lie. 23:46.733 --> 23:50.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Me knowing that because I was able to sit in in time out for 23:50.500 --> 23:53.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% 10 years, six days, 12 hours, 37 minutes, 23:53.066 --> 23:56.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% and 13 seconds straight, I learned. 23:56.333 --> 23:57.866 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% I learned. 23:57.933 --> 24:01.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I learned not through lip service but through action. 24:01.533 --> 24:04.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So what you see is what you got. 24:04.166 --> 24:08.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% You run the largest public works project in the country, 24:08.400 --> 24:10.033 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% so what's next? 24:10.100 --> 24:12.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% What's next, is that we scale up and we just 24:12.700 --> 24:15.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% keep moving forward and we work with cities across the 24:15.400 --> 24:19.066 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% country and the world because art is powerful and it ignites 24:19.133 --> 24:20.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% change and transformation. 24:20.666 --> 24:21.933 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% I believe it with all my heart. 24:22.000 --> 24:23.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Thank you, Jane Golden. 24:23.600 --> 24:24.700 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% Thank you. 24:26.166 --> 24:29.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Some of the artists and community leaders we met went 24:29.400 --> 24:33.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% to elite schools, and others were educated on Philly's 24:33.700 --> 24:35.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% hardest streets. 24:35.933 --> 24:39.566 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Together, they're making their city more beautiful and more 24:39.633 --> 24:41.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% welcoming for everybody. 24:43.033 --> 24:45.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% We're all works in progress. 24:45.600 --> 24:50.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Sometimes we have to start over or add or subtract. 24:50.066 --> 24:55.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Here's to the power of creation in art and life. 24:56.666 --> 25:06.666 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% [music] 25:11.633 --> 25:12.000 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% [music] 25:38.300 --> 25:42.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Returning Citizens is made possible by ... 26:12.300 --> 26:16.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% The United Way, fostering success of those who as they 26:16.800 --> 26:18.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% return to our neighborhoods, 26:18.766 --> 26:21.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% remain a largely untapped resource. 26:21.866 --> 26:23.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% The formally incarcerated. 26:23.966 --> 26:27.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% Waterman II Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation 26:27.733 --> 26:30.200 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% at the recommendation of David Hass. 26:30.266 --> 26:32.600 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% The Independence Foundation.