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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Yesterday, JDPP had the opportunity to learn more about Cuatro Puntos and their Music Moves Hartford Street Choir (we even joined in on the singing)! Enjoy the pictures and check out all the great work our Hartford non-profit friends are up to!
Tub, Judy Dworin’s original dance theater work first staged in 1992, will return this December as part of JDPP’s 30th anniversary performance titled She Speaks Her Peace. Featured in the promotional artwork, Tub uses spoken word, movement, and visual imagery and light to draw the audience into a consideration of sexuality, struggle, and overcoming expectations imposed on women. Kathy Borteck Gersten will return to the stage for this special performance. See this timeless piece at Hartford Stage, December 9, 2019. jdpp-sshp.eventbrite.com
Judy Dworin was interviewed this past Tuesday for a segment on WNPR about the new Greater Hartford Landscape Study, commissioned by the Hartford Foundation of Public Giving.
New Report Looks At Greater Hartford's 'Arts Ecosystem'
wnpr.org
The Greater Hartford art scene is thriving in many ways, but challenges persist. That's the conclusion of a new comprehensive report.
I heard part of it. Judy you were so well spoken and I thought it was an important piece. 😄
Today JDPP attended the ribbon cutting for Community Renewal Team’s Women’s Empowerment Center, which will give women a safe and supportive space to focus on their own personal and professional growth and success! We are excited to also announce that we will be partnering with CRT to assist the families in our Bridging Boundaries programs.
We are so excited to be working with you on the Bridging Boundaries programs! Cannot wait!
See you next weekend!!
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The Ko Festival of Performance begins tonight! Tickets are still available. The festival runs through August 4.The 28th Ko Festival of Performance opens tonight. See you in Amherst this summer!
NY Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
This CNN documentary highlights the stories of three families participating in prison visiting, reentry, and diversion programs run by the Minnesota Douala Project, and NYCIP Partners', Hour Children and Women's Prison Association.Diversion programs that allow for mothers to stay in the community with their children while taking responsibility for their crime are the best way to support families, and NYCIP advocates for Criminal Courts to consider the needs of children when making sentencing decisions.
Read The Osborne Association's Family Responsibility Statement fact sheet to learn more. bit.ly/osbFRS14
Community Partners in Action has been a supportive and wonderful partner of JDPP's for several years, many of the women who are or have participated in programming rely on the services of CPA's Resettlement program and have called Mart's House home. Please contribute to help rebuild Mart's House and continue the extraordinary work of CPA <3
thank you Judy Dworin Performance Project, Inc. for being a great partner! We will continue moving forward!
The Travelers Championship is well underway, but there is still time to donate to JDPP through Birdies for Charity! Make your gift before June 23 and it will be matched by 15% tinyurl.com/JDPP-Birdies-for-Charity-2019
Last year, JDPP was able to connect 21 families during our Moms & Kids and Dads & Kids special holiday visits through our Birdies for Charity fundraising. Help us to continue Moving for Change by donating today! tinyurl.com/JDPP-Birdies-for-Charity-2019
Here is a simple way to make an even more powerful contribution! Help grow the power of giving by donating through Birdies for Charity, where your donation will be matched 15%! Visit tinyurl.com/JDPP-Birdies-for-Charity-2019 to make your donation go further!
In our continued effort to move for change, we hope you will join us as we raise funds through the Birdies for Charity program. For 2019, our goal is to raise $10,000. These funds will help provide arts outreach on stage, in schools, and in prisons.
Simply visit tinyurl.com/JDPP-Birdies-for-Charity-2019 to make a gift, and thank you!
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
connecticutmag.com
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!
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!