Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice is a nonprofit organization that facilitates restorative writing classes for incarcerated women in Oklahoma. It began in March of 2014 when Ellen Stackable, an English teacher, and Claire Collins, a spoken word poet, started working with incarcerated women at the Tulsa County Jail. Poetic Justice classes empower women to change as they engage in self-reflective, therapeutic writing. By using poetry, women who have never written in their lives find the confidence to write from their hearts. The voiceless one finds her voice and with that comes healing, hope, and the power to change. Since it began, over 1,750 incarcerated women have been a part of the Poetic Justice classes.

Poetic Justice now has thirty volunteers who lead classes every week for over 150 women– at the Tulsa County Jail, Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, Turley Correctional Center, and Kate Bernard Correctional Center.

STORYTELLING
We believe that telling the story of incarcerated women and sharing their poetry with the world opens people’s minds and hearts.

SUPPORT
Whether it be through a monetary donation or the purchasing of our anthologies and t-shirts, these supporters help to raise the supplies we need to continue our organization

TIME
Through classroom facilitation, executive board work, or event planning, the time poured in from our volunteers is crucial to the success of our organization.
 

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