On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing If I Give You My Sorrows, a Flyaway Productions aerial dance performance addressing the devastating impacts of mass incarceration. The performance highlights the voices of three formerly and currently incarcerated women.
The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration. There are two million people in the nation’s prisons and jails, a 500 percent increase over the last 40 years, according to the Sentencing Project. Women are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population. Despite this, the experiences of incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary people are not well documented.
You can see the show at Space 124 inside Project Artaud in San Francisco from October 6 - 15. The performance begins at 7:30 pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday. An additional 9 pm performance will take place on Saturday, October 7 and 14.
Guests:
Jo Kreiter, San Francisco-based choreographer and artistic director of Flyaway Productions
Betty McKay, incarcerated for 27 years, organizer with the Essie Justice Group, motivational speaker, policy organizer, and healing to advocacy facilitator
Lisa Strawn, incarcerated for 25 years, writer, activist, and 2023 Impact Fund Hall Of Fame Inductee
Web Resources:
Flyaway Productions: Upcoming Events
The San Francisco Chronicle: ‘If I Give You My Sorrows’ explores the pain of prison through dance
The Prison Policy Initiative: Women’s Mass Incarceration