Outside the Boxes, part of the Spirit & Place Festival

1125 Spruce Street,Indianapolis IN 46203

04 November, 2022

Description

How we each identify, and how we are identified by others, are often not the same. The practice of bringing together incarcerated (inside) and non-incarcerated (outside) people together for engaged and informed dialogue allows for a transformative learning experience that challenges people to re-think their use of labels, such as "offenders," "addicts," "felons," language that dismisses and demeans people who have been entangled in the criminal justice system. In this session, people who have been formerly incarcerated, people overcoming addiction, and college students who have all participated together in Inside-Out courses together will share their experiences and lead session participants to question the ways society uses labels to define and constrict people's opportunities and futures. ABOUT SPIRIT & PLACE. The Spirit & Place Festival (Nov. 3-13) celebrates the powerful role the arts, humanities, and religion play in community life and is housed in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Learn more at spiritandplace.org.