Bridgeworks Oregon - Incarcerated Adult and Youth Support Services and Programs
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| Group | Community And Other Support Services |
| Category | Incarcerated Adult and Youth Support Services and Programs |
| Name | Bridgeworks Oregon |
| Provider | Bridgeworks Oregon, Inc |
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Description
Bridgeworks Oregon partners with individuals and groups to run programs that focus on well-being and education by using art, music, and cultural awareness to bridge societal divisions in Oregon. Bridgeworks strives to create greater equity to marginalized populations. and runs a number of programs in Oregon prisons. Bridgeworks Oregon produced the anthology Prisons Have A Long Memory.
Their current programs and projects include:
ponyXpress, 2023-ongoing Bridgeworks runs on-site workshops to mentor adults in custody as they organize writing communities across the state; to that end, they publish the PonyXpress — an online journal created for these Oregon writers. An editorial board at Oregon State Penitentiary works with two mentors to solicit writing, select, and edit it. PonyXpress writers present their writing within their prison communities. Bridgeworks produces on-site workshops at prisons around Oregon to encourage submissions, along with a monthly newsletter for interested writers. Subscribe for free: theponyXpress .
The Ground Beneath Us, 2019-ongoing Located at Oregon State Penitentiary, the Ground Beneath Us met monthly until Covid required that they pivot to a correspondence course, during which the group developed writing for the anthology Prisons Have a Long Memory: Life Inside Oregon’s Oldest Prison . These men have formed an editorial board tasked to select, edit, and provide feedback on submissions for the ponyXpress.
Hecate’s Lantern, 2022-ongoing A sister writing project, Hecate’s Lantern was designed to mentor women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. The Regional Arts & Culture Council provided support for the pilot program and publication of a chapbook. This group will continue to meet regularly as part of the ponyXpress writing workshops.
Bridgeworks Presents Film Fest, 2020-2022 As a Covid response, Bridgeworks created a film series that explored themes (such as feminist icons or director Hayao Miyazaki.) A workbook accompanied each series and provided background reading, discussion questions, and writing prompts. Oregon Humanities funding made it possible to extend the program to additional prisons across Oregon.
Folsom50 Oregon Prison Tour, 2017-ongoing Live concerts produced in prisons statewide, led by Danny Wilson with the band Luther’s Boots.
Contact online: https://www.bridgeworksoregon.org/contact-1