((Mysterious Minds)) by Mousey

VBW Justice Archive Update

Sam aka Mousey ((Mysterious Minds)) Instrumental

To ((listen)) visit the VBW Research Network: click here

About the VBW Justice Archive

The Voices Behind Walls (VBW) Justice Archive is a collection of audios, artworks, photographs, and writings archived on the following:

VBW Research Network Blog: vbwresearch.blogspot.com
VBW YouTube: youtube.com/voicesbehindwalls
VBW Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/vbehindw

The purpose of the archive is to document VBW program history, specifically the creative expression of its participants and program partners.  Files of the VBW Justice Archive are resources for educators, youth, and the public to share.  We hope these files inspire new ideas and other creative expressions in all learning spaces.  The archive is especially to acknowledge the existence of its participants, a majority incarcerated youth,  who recorded into the VBW microphone between the decade of 2004 to 2014.  Hopefully you all find your way back to our page to reflect on your contribution to the VBW program.

The VBW Justice Archive began documenting its program history in 2014.  Audios will be posted periodically.  Updated will be posted at the links above including twitter.com/vbehindw.

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VOWs Session Clara Belle Williams Hall | NMSU

VOWs Session on Location at the Clara Belle Williams Hall

New Mexico State University 12/6/2014

Thanks to the WITS program we were able to find a space this past Saturday afternoon to continue the Voices Outside the Walls (VOWs) sessions.  For me it was a return back into the hallways of the Clara Belle Williams building at New Mexico State University's English Department.  Room 107 is where most of our poetry classes were for the Master of Fine Arts program between 06'-08'.  Hopefully we're able to host more VOWs sessions here.  It's a neat and comfortable space to record and easy for our participants to get to.  Below are a few more shots.

Clara Belle Williams

Clara Belle Williams.  She was the first black student to graduate from NMSU back in 1928.  A lot of ideas were born in this building named after her.  Look forward to continuing to learn more about Ms. Williams' history at NMSU.

 Room 107

It's a Saturday, finals week, so the hallway lights are off.  Room 107, welcome back.

Inside

Rearranged the tables to work.  Space is important and not easy to come by if you're going to make a little bit of noise.  Thank you Sarah!

Chalkboard

MasterD2

MasterD2 spittin' flows.  When I first started conducting workshops at the juvenile detention center in Las Cruces, I just missed MD2 who was serving time at the facility.  He had been sent off to a juvenile program elsewhere in the State.  MD2 was the first "incarcerated youth" I'd visit a couple years prior when he was arrested and held in the Dona Ana County Detention Center.  He was scheduled to appear on a radio show I hosted at the time to discuss his  participation in a creative arts program I worked for at the University.  Due to his arrest he didn't make it.  More than 10 years later, I ran into him at a good friend's barbecue.  He's my friend's younger brother.  We decided to get the program going again, except this time, outside the walls of detention.  The name VOW (Voices Outside the Walls) is inspired by another VBW participant who continued making music after his release and even performed at the University bookstore he visited when he was incarcerated.  The tour was arranged through VBW's Juvenile Justice Outreach & Community Education (JJOCE) course.

During Saturday's (12/06) workshop we discussed song structure, concepts, history, and redefining character to set new goals.  'Dear Self' was the first poem recorded this afternoon by MD2.

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'Wordsworth' by Carlos Andrés Gómez

VBW Justice Archive Update

Carlos Andrés Gómez Recording 'Wordsworth'

To ((listen)) visit the VBW Research Network: click here

About the VBW Justice Archive

The Voices Behind Walls (VBW) Justice Archive is a collection of audios, artworks, photographs, and writings archived on the following:

VBW Research Network Blog: vbwresearch.blogspot.com
VBW YouTube: youtube.com/voicesbehindwalls
VBW Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/vbehindw

The purpose of the archive is to document VBW program history, specifically the creative expression of its participants and program partners.  Files of the VBW Justice Archive are resources for educators, youth, and the public to share.  We hope these files inspire new ideas and other creative expressions in all learning spaces.  The archive is especially to acknowledge the existence of its participants, a majority incarcerated youth,  who recorded into the VBW microphone between the decade of 2004 to 2014.  Hopefully you all find your way back to our page to reflect on your contribution to the VBW program.

The VBW Justice Archive began documenting its program history in 2014.  Audios will be posted periodically.  Updated will be posted at the links above including twitter.com/vbehindw.

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