Bringing creative writing to NC's Butner prison. Plus, working for affordable housing in Chapel Hill
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Redbud Writing Project brings creative writing to Butner prison
The Redbud Project is a nonprofit school based in Raleigh with the mission of bringing creative writing to everyone in their community. Redbud’s community classes have been offered to all kinds of populations in need, from people struggling with addiction to domestic violence survivors and most recently, people dealing with incarceration.
We talk to founders Emily Cataneo and Arshia Simkin about why they think putting pen to paper can be life-changing. And we talk with Dasia Moore, who taught Redbud’s inaugural class at…
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