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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On Saturday, February 9, JDPP will present 'Finding Stillness' at the Just Mercy: Community Resettlement after Prison Conference at First Congregational Church of Guilford. To register for this event visit www.eventbrite.com/e/just-mercy-community-resettlement-after-prison-tickets-54714006065
Using the arts to change lives <3
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Hula dance is being taught in San Quentin State Prison for reform — and it's working.
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We are happy to be back to our Bridging Boundaries In-School programming after the holiday break...and I think the kids are too!
NY Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
“I didn’t want to tell anybody what I was going through because I thought they would not like me anymore.” Author of a new book for teens with incarcerated parents talks about stigma and her fear that she would also become incarcerated. But, just like most children of incarcerated parents who have access to support, Anye is thriving.We are just 7 followers away from 700! Help us ring in the New Year by inviting your friends to our page!
Judy Dworin and Programming Coordinator Suzi Jensen spoke with Connecticut Mirror editor Julia Werth about JDPP’s Bridging Boundaries programs and the complexities of visiting a family member in prison.
The difference a visit can make, the effect of parental incarceration on children
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When Suzi Jensen went to see her mom in prison at the age of 12 she was only allowed to hug her twice, once at the beginning of the visit and once at the end. “They just had tables and you had to sit across the table from her,” said Jensen, now in her 30s. […]Office holiday lunch (minus Kathy Borteck Gersten who just left!) Happy Holidays from JDPP!
Such amazing ladies!!!!
Happy Holidays 😘
Happy Holidays, Everyone!
Happy Holidays Judy Dworin Performance Project, Inc.
Dream team!! Many blessings this holiday season!!🤗❤️💚❤️💚❤️
Shopping for last minute holiday gifts? Please consider shopping via smile.amazon.com/ and choosing JDPP as the charity you support!
Great news! If you missed last night's re-airing of JDPP's documentary—Making Me Whole. Prison, Art & Healing, which was made in partnership with CPTV, you're in luck! It will air again on 12/16 at 10:30 a.m. on CPTV. For more info on the project visit cptv.org/making-me-whole/
What an awesome accomplishment from a CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts alum!
A 'Hamilton' homecoming for CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts graduate
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Tre Frazier, a 2014 graduate of CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts returns to the city as part of the Hamilton play. Frazier spent a few hours Tuesday afternoon dancing parts of the play with students.We would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to two of our most favorite people! Have a great day and a wonderful year Judy Dworin and Kathy Borteck Gersten!!!
Happiest of birthdays to two of the most inspiring women I know!
Happy Birthday Kathy and Judy!!
Happy birthday to both of you!
Taking creative collaboration to new heights! Happiest birthday collaboration to you both xoxo
Happy birthday 🎁🎉🎂 to two powerful and inspiring women.
Happy happy birthday dear Kathy Borteck Gersten and Judy Dworin - all the love and happiness to the both of you!! 🙏😍
Happy birthday ladies! I love and adore you both so much. You have enriched my life above and beyond the stars and the heavens!🙏💙🤗😘💜🧡💚
Great work
Happy birthday!🎁🎈🎂
Happy Birthday to you two!
Have the best of birthdays you two....
Dear Judy and Kathy, wish you both a very happy birthday. Lots of love.
Have both a very, very happy birthday 🎊🎂
Happy birthday to two strong and beautiful women.
Happy Birthday to two amazing women!!
Happy Birthday guys
Happy Birthday to Judy and Kathy, two amazing women!
Happy happy birthday💞
Happy Birthday Judy!
🎉 Happiest of birthdays! 🎂
Happy, Happy Birthday!!!
Felicidades!!!!
Happy Birthday ladies ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Happy Birthday!!🎉🎁🎈🎂
Happy birthday guys! The two kindest souls share a birthday. Very fitting. I hope you both have a fantastic day and a beautiful year. Love you both.
Just a reminder, JDPP's documentary—Making Me Whole. Prison, Art & Healing, which was made in partnership with CPTV , will air again this Thursday 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/
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
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!