Judy Dworin Performance Project
Moving for Change Since 1989.
Judy Dworin Performance Project (JDPP) harnesses the arts as a powerful change agent and catalyst for collaboration and community. JDPP’s performances and residencies create spaces that release the imagination and allow deep reflection, constructive action and out of the box exploration of self and society. We celebrate the dignity of all beings, the wisdom of the body, the deep reflective capacity of the mind and the hopeful possibility that through the arts we can together work for and create a more positive world for the present moment and the future. In the darkest places we find inspiration and hope. Come join us!
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JDPP had the pleasure of working with Scott Semple during his time as commissioner, he has always been very supportive of the work we do with men, women, and children affected by incarceration.
How Scott Semple Helped Turn Connecticut’s Prisons Into a Nationally Recognized Laboratory of Reform
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Scott Semple has told the story many times. Even so, there’s still a glint in his eye as he talks about the trip he took to Europe that changed thePlease contribute today to Judy Dworin Performance Project, Inc. through the Birdies for Charity program! We receive an additional 15% of each dollar we raise, thanks to the Bonus Bucks Pool. Organizations with the most donations by May 31, 2019 will be featured in the Birdies for Charity Booth at the Travelers Championship. It’s quick, easy, and secure to donate at tinyurl.com/JDPP-Birdies-for-Charity-2019.
In Honor of Loved Ones...
This past weekend, 21 incarcerated moms, their children, and caregivers participated in JDPP’s special Mother’s Day visit. A total of 86 people took part in this wonderful outreach, which helps keep families strong during the forced separation of incarceration, and is supported by grants and gifts from generous supporters like you.
Please make a gift to JDPP in honor or memory of the important family members and friends in your life, and we will send a card to let them know.
Father’s Day is coming up, and this is a great way to acknowledge your dad or father figure. Thank you!
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Congratulations to Judy's sister Dee, join her Saturday, June 2nd for her book signing!
Bank Square Books presents an open house book signing with local author Dee Basch (Bearing Witness). This event is free and open to the public.
About the Book
Life is filled with brilliance: tenderness, wonder, and joy. Life is also filled with uncertainty and ambiguity: trust fragile, boundaries frayed, and compliance too complete. It is only when we break the silence and bring our truth to light that we can become whole and present in each new day. In a poignant collection of poems and illustrations, Dee Basch and June Shuman combine creative talents to share a lyrical narrative that explores our universal vulnerabilities and the complexities of relationships: connections that nurture and illumine through care and kindness or hinder and impede through neglect and abuse. Bearing Witness gives language to the need to be seen, heard and acknowledged as we strive to become our authentic selves.
Event date:
Sunday, June 2, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Event address:
Bank Square Books
53 W Main St
Mystic, CT 06355
BEARING WITNESS (PAPERBACK)
By Dee Basch, June Shuman
$19.95
ISBN: 9781483494999
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Lulu Publishing Services - December 31st, 2018
As part of our Moving Matters! Residency at Parkville Community School, the 5th graders get the opportunity to tour and visit Trinity College. Here they are during their visit today!
JDPP is out of the office today. We are celebrating the arts of our great state in New Haven at CT Office of the Arts (COA)’s Arts Day!
JDPP is proud to be part of this important conversation!
Hartford not a ‘promised land’ for immigrants, despite sanctuary city status, councilwoman says
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Despite its designation as a sanctuary city, Hartford is not a promised land of immigration justice, City Councilwoman Wildaliz Bermudez said during a community conversation Thursday night.
We are ready for Parkville Community School and their Moving Matters! Residency culmination performance!
Robyn Genzano, our Director of Operations and Community Engagement is representing JDPP at Day One of Nonprofit Alliance Week at the Capitol!It's Day One of Nonprofit Alliance Weeks at the Capitol! Stop by the Concourse today through Thursday; we'll have 12 different nonprofits exhibiting each day from 10am-2pm.
Join us for JDPP's Moving Matters! Parkville residency culminating performance! April 24, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Trinity College: Ferris Athletic Center, Oosting Gym: Broad Street entrance. All are welcome, this event is free and open to the public!
Stream this amazing documentary: www.pbs.org/show/independent-lens/
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One in 14 American children are growing up with at least one parent incarcerated. A new documentary by Denali Tiller explores what that means through the eyes of the kids themselves.Don't miss Finding Stillness tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the Hartford Public Library! This event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!
It was incredible of course - these brave women sharing their stories- thank you! 🙏😘
Tuesday, April 9 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hartford Public Library join us for a staged reading/performance and talk back about pieces created by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women at York Correctional Institution in Niantic CT as well as family members affected by incarceration from Judy Dworin Performance Project’s latest prison-related performance “Finding Stillness.”
Twenty junior and senior dancers from the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts attended the 2019 Regional High School Dance Festival at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, March 15-19, 2019. The Academy was also honored to be one of six schools selected to perform in the festival’s Gala Performance. The students performed JDPP's “My Body, My Body” a piece that finds three women, bound in body bags, gradually shed their old skin and reclaim their bodies to a rhythmic chant that twists their turns with humor and an edge. The piece was an enormous hit and received a standing ovation, as well as accolades from many college recruiters in the audience!
Thank you so much for allowing us to share your work and this brilliant piece!!! ❤️
On March 14, Hartford Public Library held the opening of 40 Years of Community Partners in Action's Prison Arts Program on their ArtWalk. The exhibit will be up until April 28.Opening of 40 Years of CPA's Prison Arts Program on HPL's ArtWalk last night. Great turnout!
CT Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative - CTCIP
NEWS ALERT: The Connecticut General Assembly has introduced a bill that would put an end to the exploitation of human connection between those inside and outside its prison walls.HB 6714 protects access to phone calls and makes them FREE. It also makes communication services like video calling and emails both supplementary and FREE. It protects in-person visits regardless of what telecom advancements are introduced.
The Judiciary Committee is holding a public hearing this Monday, March 25th, at 10am at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, CT.
Come join in demanding that children and families of incarcerated individuals are considered & heard!
Just a couple of pieces of art created at our Bridging Boundaries Dads & Kids special visit, which took place last week. Love and Family is really what it it all about!
We’re all set up! Come visit us at The Theater of Performing Arts! 359 Washington St.! And while you’re here pick up a ticket for tonight’s performance of (US)!
J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc. 
Digel Family Foundation Ensworth Charitable Foundation 
Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Charitable Trust through Trinity College 
Isabella's Pink Bus George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation 
Sharon R. O’Meara Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Stewart B. McKinney Foundation 
Charles Nelson Robinson Fund 
Watkinson Prisoners Aid Society Sponsors: BlumShapiro Budwitz & Meyerjack P.C. Hardman Law Offices GeoQuest, Inc. Roger’s Fine Liquors Yankee Discount Liquor … and a huge THANK YOU to the many Friends who have supported JDPP over the years!