Our launch party will take place on Saturday, February 17, at the Syracuse Central Library, from 12-1:30 p.m. ET and on Zoom. Please consider joining us. The event is open to the public.
MEND JOURNAL LAUNCH PARTY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET
SYRACUSE CENTRAL LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM
447 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202 and on Zoom.
You can register here: http://tinyurl.com/453s2krk.
Celebrate the work of incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and their family members with the publication of the 2024 issue of Mend—a journal created by justice-impacted people in Syracuse, NY. Attendees will hear readings about the crisis of mass incarceration, the hidden truth of life before and after prison, and the creative power of the humanities. The event will feature readings and recognitions of this year’s cohort.
Project Mend is made possible through collaboration with the Center for Community Alternatives and through an HNY Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership, which is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation. Also, the project has been supported at Syracuse University by the Engaged Humanities Network, the Humanities Center, the SOURCE, the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition, and a CUSE Research Grant. For accessibility accommodations, please contact Patrick W. Berry at pwberry@syr.edu by February 9." target="_blank">here.
FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE
JOIN US FOR A POST-SHOW PANEL DISCUSSION
WHEN & WHERE:
Feb. 16 following the 7:30 pm performance of Clyde’s at Syracuse Stage
PANELISTS: Emily NaPier Singletary – Unchained Daquan Noel – Unchained Patrick W. Berry – Project Mend
Julaun Richardson – Center for Community Alternatives
Rev. Lateef Johnson-Kinsey – Mayor’s Office to Reduce Gun Violence
The Education Justice Project released "A New Path: A Guide to the Challenges & Opportunities After Deportation." This guide is for people who live with the threat of deportation to Mexico or Central America. Know your rights, learn where to get legal help and make a plan in case of possible deportation. Copies and more information are available here.
Healing Rhythms: How I Used Poetry to Survive 20 Years in Prison
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 P.M. ET
SYRACUSE CENTRAL LIBRARY
COMMUNITY ROOM
447 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202 and on Zoom.
MEND JOURNAL LAUNCH PARTY
THURSDAY, JULY 20 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 P.M. ET
SYRACUSE CENTRAL LIBRARY
COMMUNITY ROOM
447 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202 and on Zoom.
You can register here: https://tinyurl.com/2p97j8t6
Here is a photo of some of our editors at our last editorial meeting.
Congratulations to Brian T. Shaw on the publication of "How Does One Cope?" in the 2023 issue of Intertext. Here is Shaw reading the piece at the 2023 Intertext launch on April 28, 2023.
Read Brian T. Shaw's "How Does One Cope?" in the 2023 issue of Intertext. Art by Cormac Ganshirt.
Spring 2023: A few of the Mend editors gather to take photos on the Syracuse University campus. From left: Brian T. Shaw, Troy White, Fátima Bings Martínez, and Patrick W. Berry.
Fátima Bings Martínez presents on SOURCE Spring Symposium on March 31, 2023.