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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NY Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
“They label me a career criminal, basically told me I’m a lost cause. …I have kids, I’m a mother, I want to live, I want to be somebody, I want to do something, and I’m not going to be what they say I’m going to be.” Still She Rises, a satellite project of the Bronx Defenders based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offers a holistic defense to women and mothers involved in Oklahoma's criminal justice system and is pushing to end Oklahoma's wealth-based detention practices that result in Oklahoma having the highest rate of incarcerated women in the country.
Judy thank you for the work you do to reunite children & their incarcerated parents- you are leading the change!! 😘👍🙏
Thank You for making #GivingTuesday so awesome!
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This week at the Hartford Public Library's downtown branch—help weave a banner showing Hartford's diversity! 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from now until Friday 11/30
Your gift gives a hug! Today is the day, #GivingTuesday is here! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Your gift makes a connection! Today is the day, #GivingTuesday is here! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
We are excited to announce our new website! As you shop this Cyber Monday, take a look at our NEW LOOK! www.judydworin.org
Wishing you and your loved ones a very warm and happy Thanksgiving from JDPP's Board, Staff and Program Participants. We are so THANKFUL for YOU!
Your gift tells a story! #GivingTuesday is only 1 Week Away! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project on Tuesday, November 27 and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Exciting News! JDPP's documentary—Making Me Whole. Prison, Art & Healing, which was made in partnership with CPTV, will air again in December! On 12/13 at 7:30 p.m. on CPTV—Spirit (see channel listings here: cptv.org/schedule/cable-channels/) and on 12/16 at 10:30 a.m. on CPTV. For more info on the project visit cptv.org/making-me-whole/
Your gift makes ART happen! #GivingTuesday is November 27! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Tomorrow is the day!! Hope to see everyone at Charter Oak Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.!Judy Dworin Performance Project takes the stories of incarcerated women from behind prison walls and brings them into the light for all to listen and learn. HOW IT IS is an evening filled with deeply personal stories told through narrative, music and dance - many of the pieces performed by the women who lived them. Join us for a powerful evening this Saturday at 7:30pm at Charter Oak Cultural Center. Tix and info here: charteroakcenter.org/event/how-it-is-reflections-on-prison-from-brave-in-a-new-world-and-in-my-sh...
Some gorgeous photos from Mental Health Connecticut's Art of Wellbeing: A Time to Dance annual Fundraiser!A celebration of our 110th anniversary and MHC's biggest fundraiser of the year was an amazing night and a huge success!
Thank you to our honorary co-chairs, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, ConnectiCare President, Eric Galvin, and our wonderful emcee, Jocelyn Maminta, who guided us through our 6th Art of Wellbeing and one of our most unique events to date.
Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO of Mental Health America and Luis Perez, MHC's President and CEO each spoke passionately about making mental wellness a priority, for all of us.
We featured "dance" in two very different ways. Capping off a year of exploring "what moves you?", what better way to do that than dance?
The Judy Dworin Performance Project brought us to a real, raw, soulful, and mindful place. Young performers from Doreen's Dance Center reminded us to celebrate and have fun.
Our guests enjoyed amazing food while bidding on silent auction items, trying their luck in the wine pull, and purchasing a "What Moves You?" hoodie to remember the evening. And, they are still on sale! Go to: www.mhconn.org/hoodie for details.
We can't thank our many sponsors and supporters enough for a truly wonderful evening. Thank you for supporting MHC and we hope to see you soon!
We were so honored to partner with you for our big event. Your performers helped us create an experience that our guests will remember always. Thank you for all you do!!
Last night JDPP's Director of Community Engagement and Operations, Brittany Gauthier and our Board Vice President, Cristina Santiago attending Greater Hartford Arts Council's 2018 United Arts Campaign!
Your gift makes SMILES happen! #GivingTuesday is only 2 Weeks Away! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project on Tuesday, November 27 and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Tickets are still available for this Saturday's performance of How It Is at Charter Oak Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. tinyurl.com/HowItIsCOCC
Getting ready for Mental Health Connecticut’s annual conference at Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theater
On Wednesday, Judy Dworin and Robin Cullen were interviewed on WTNH News 8's Good Morning CT program about JDPP's participation in Mental Health Connecticut's annual fundraiser! Tickets are still available: www.mhconn.org/AWB
Mental Health Connecticut to hold annual Art of Wellbeing fundraiser
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The Mental Health Connecticut's annual fundraiser, the Art of Wellbeing: a time to dance, is happening on November 10th. Dancers from the Judy Dworin Performance Project will be taking part in the event.News That Moves—November 2018! Check out all the great things that JDPP is up to! t.e2ma.net/message/luhe0/p54m4d
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!