tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post5883642552569500298..comments2024-02-29T12:09:16.698-08:00Comments on Mike Rose's Blog: Writing in and out of JailMike Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14013622839240394965noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-91648507737083444432016-09-27T15:33:13.743-07:002016-09-27T15:33:13.743-07:00I am newly retired from nearly 20 years of inner c...I am newly retired from nearly 20 years of inner city teaching in LAUSD, and I may want to work with incarcerated individuals (youth? women? men?) and would love some contacts and resources.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Sue Sloan, M.Ed.<br />suesloan@earthlink.netSue Sloan, M.Ed.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-30960902033962251542016-09-26T15:42:10.318-07:002016-09-26T15:42:10.318-07:00Dear Mike and any of the others in previous commen...Dear Mike and any of the others in previous comments, I have just retired from LAUSD after nearly 20 years (in part to write) and I may eventually want to pursue working with incarcerated youth and/or women and/or men. I think my specialty would be poetry but I also want to study the Spoken Word genre because I think that that can be a very powerful approach too. Please feel free to suggest anySue Sloannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-63734940271164177072010-06-02T01:59:58.475-07:002010-06-02T01:59:58.475-07:00Mike,
Thanks you for the recommendations and thank...Mike,<br />Thanks you for the recommendations and thanks to Ms. and Art. I have a friend who is training to work with prisoners right now, and I will send your article and comments. I am touched, knowing the redemptive power of writing. Thanks for speaking to heart of real education --its potency in bringing peace, understanding, and advancement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-70237045426964933062010-05-07T12:26:00.944-07:002010-05-07T12:26:00.944-07:00I've read G-Dog and the Homeboys by Celeste Fr...I've read G-Dog and the Homeboys by Celeste Fremon. It chronicles some of what Father Boyle has done in this community. It really shows how one person can make a tremendous difference.<br /><br />I am also reminded of the book True Notebooks by Mark Salzman. He is a writer who worked with teens in youth detention in L.A.<br /><br />Both of these books go pat the stereotypes and present oneArt Belliveauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869229920071975552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-17020392855007160612010-04-21T08:23:17.729-07:002010-04-21T08:23:17.729-07:00Dear Mike...
Wow. I am in tears reading this. Th...Dear Mike... <br /><br />Wow. I am in tears reading this. The world always brings one full-circle. Just before I left L.A. I was working with a woman who has made her life's work in getting young people in juvenile halls and prisons all over california to write their way through their pain and into self-betterment, growth, and healing. Her name is Leila Steinberg. She is most widely known forMiss Mounahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840812089290227831noreply@blogger.com