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Mitigating Evidence
Presenters RB
Program Director
Roger is a native of Trinidad & Tobago, a Cave Canem fellow, co-founder of NYC’s louderARTS Project and author of 3 collections of poems; tarnish & masquerade (Cypher Books, 2006), GULLY (Cypher Books/Peepal Tree Press 2010) & Bury My Clothes (Haymarket Books, 2013) which won the...
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Associate Director, Free Write Arts & Literacy
Mathilda is a youth advocate, community worker, sister, daughter and mother. She co-created the Know Your Rights Curriculum with the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law. She has a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Urban Studies from...
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Free Write Arts & Literacy
Ryan is an artist and educator with Masters in Education from Northwestern University, and is the founder of Free Write. Since 2000, Ryan has been designing creative space with incarcerated and court involved youth in the Chicago. In addition to being a leader in the field of literacy...
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Free Write Arts & Literacy
Elgin is a visual artist, musician, and educator from St. Louis, Missouri, He discovered a passion for art in elementary school while drawing his favorite cartoon characters on his homework. In 2009, Elgin received a BFA in Graphic Illustration and Sculpture from the School of the...
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