Fresh Start: Preparing Teens for Post-Incarceration Using the Performing Arts
Wednesday, March 13 from 1 – 1:50 p.m.
In 2017, LUMBERYARD Center for Film and Performing Arts based in Catskill, N.Y., designed Fresh Start to engage 16- and 17-year old inmates at Hudson Correctional Facility in creative and challenging performing arts exercises to reinforce required education and programming. Jason Forrester, director of LUMBERYARD’s business development, will describe how imprisoned youth learn to express themselves in constructive and productive ways in preparation for post-incarceration. Fresh Start has now expanded to other juvenile facilities in New York State.
Voices: A Library Lecture Series is offered each semester at Hudson Valley Community College to broaden and enrich the scope of studies at the college by presenting speakers on timely and enduring issues. All are held in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium. The public is welcome to attend; admission is free. Upcoming talks are:
Lessons in Positive Psychology
Thursday, April 4 from 11 – 11:50 a.m.
Hudson Valley Community College Psychology Professor Andrew Schott, will explore positive psychology research that sheds light on life satisfaction. Can we be happier?
The Climate Crisis: Must we change? Can we change? Will we change?
Wednesday, April 17 from Noon – 12:50 p.m.
As the planet continues to warm, glaciers are melting, seas are rising, wildfires are worsening and stronger storms and droughts are threatening food supplies and displacing people. We need to change our ways in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Hudson Valley Community College Adjunct English Professor, Bonnie V. Cook, a certified Climate Reality Leader who recently trained with former Vice President and Noble Laureate Al Gore, will show Gore’s most recent presentation and talk about what we all can – and should – do.
Published: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:05:03 +0000 by d.gardner