Archive for June 2021
City Cafe, Best of 2012: Writing and Listening Behind Bars
City Cafe, Best of 2012: Writing and Listening Behind Bars “Prison reform has been big news across Georgia in the last year… As we look back at favorite stories from 2012, we return to one from WABE’s Kate Sweeney—about a series of creative writing and literature courses that have been taking place for some three…
Read More“In This Bare Island”: Master Workshop In Acting & Script Analysis
GSU acting instructor John Frazier taught a master workshop in acting and script analysis for The Tempest. CGA Scholars chose scenes and monologues from the play and John workshopped ways to perform the lines. Scholars learned how to deconstruct characters, isolate their language, and emphasize movement and breath. The result? Students brought Shakespeare’s characters and…
Read MoreFirst Annual Common Good Atlanta Conference
Paulo Freire said that ‘reading is not walking on the words; it’s grasping the soul of them.’ At the first Common Good Conference, the scholars grasped the soul of words. And they then projected those words onto the souls of other scholars. The bar has been set very high for every other conference that I…
Read MoreMetaphors, Politics, and Common Good: Documentary
Metaphors, Politics, and Common Good: Documentary State Senator Nan Orrock and Quang, who was recently released after serving 17 years in prison, share the story of their chance meeting at an Atlanta tire store late one evening in fall 2014. Their conversation took a surprising turn when Quang mentioned the use of metaphors and his…
Read MoreCarl V. Patton Presidential Awards
2011 GSU Carl V. Patton Presidential Awards for Community Service & Social Action The recipient of the Outstanding Community Impact Award by a Student went to Sarah Higinbotham. Watch now
Read MoreRose Library Podcast & CGA
Randy Gue’s conversation about learning, reading, writing, and creating while incarcerated with artist, author, and designer, Noe Martinez, and Bill Taft, Academic Director of Common Good Atlanta. Listen Now
Read MoreHourglass Journal Launches
Thanks to Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, Common Good Atlanta now has a digital journal where students can showcase their amazing work. Read more about the journal launch.
Read MoreNew Board Chair for Common Good Atlanta
March 19, 2021 Common Good Atlanta, a nonprofit offering college programming in prison, announces Paul Pendergrass as the Chair of its Board of Directors. Paul succeeds John Sparrow, the Founding Chair. During John’s tenure as Chair, CGA increased its programming by five-fold: from offering classes inside one prison to teaching accredited classes inside four prisons…
Read MoreClemente Quarterly Winter 2021
Our Winter 2021 Clemente Quarterly brings you courses on Shakespeare and social movements, an alum in love with the Bhagavad Gita, and lots of Clemente stories in the news. Read more about the quarterly meeting.
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