For our December Meaningful Movie, we suggest you see Since I Been Down, a powerful documentary that highlights the education, organizing and healing developed and led by incarcerated women and men in Washington State’s prisons. For those who register, it will be available to watch anytime before the hour-long discussion hosted by the Northwest Community Bail Fund on Monday, December 13, 2021 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Leading the discussion will be Dr. Gilda Sheppard and Kimonti Carter.

Dr. Gilda Sheppard, the award-winning filmmaker of Since I Been Down is a faculty member at The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus, having taught sociology classes in Washington State prisons for over a decade. She is a co-founder and faculty for FEPPS- Freedom Education for Puget Sound, an organization offering college credited courses at Washington Correctional Center for Women.

Kimonti Carter is spotlighted in Since I Been Down. He is a member of the #BlackPrisonersCaucus and started the prison led education program, T.E.A.C.H. The film follows his efforts, and those of a wide group of prisoners, as they break free from their fate and create a model of education that is transforming their lives, their communities, our prisons and our own humanity. Kimonti is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Yet, he devotes himself every day to educating and expanding the perspectives of his fellow prisoners.

Take me to the registration site to watch the film and get the Zoom link for the discussion on 12/13/21 at 6:00 p.m.

Questions? Contact Barb Stuebing at barbstuebing@gmail.com or 509-385-1548.