REWRITING STELLA by Dan Tuttle
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT WHAT WE STAND FOR, AND HOW THAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE.
It’s a coming-of-age tale about a girl, a boy, a dog, a dam, a travel ban, an orange toddler, a political movement and the hip-hop guide to life. It’s a novel that confronts questions of privilege, identity, voice and influence in a post-truth world.
But most of all, it’s about the power of the stories we tell ourselves.
Breaking Out in Prison
“My grandfather went to Sing Sing. My father, my uncle, my brother went to Sing Sing. I went to Sing Sing."
Poor schools. Violent neighborhoods. Easy drugs. No jobs. No support. No options. In the disadvantaged communities of urban America, the cradle-to-prison pipeline locks young men out of opportunity long before it locks them up.
Meet 15 men doing something about it—15 men who got an education inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and used it to break out of the cycle. Today, they are role models for young men in their communities. And they are here to put a human face on effective solutions to ending the epidemic of mass incarceration in America today.
By: Babita Patel
Red Press named as one of the Top 100 Changemakers in the UK by The Big Issue!
This January, The Big Issue devoted an entire issue to the thinkers, creators and agitators changing the world in 2019. We are honoured to lead the Literacy Category, and to be recognised alongside so many other amazing organisations and individuals bringing a social justice lens to the worlds of art, tech, health, journalism, business, housing, and more.
