The California Endowment's CenterScene Public Programs hosted Rhodessa Jones, founder and director of The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, in a conversation with Dawn L. Brown, Executive Director of Girls & Gangs on Thursday, February 17, 2011 discussing her work with women in jail. Aiming to empower disenfranchised women caught in the penal system's revolving door, Ms. Jones' Medea Project capitalizes on the open-ended nature of theater production to uncover some of the root causes that lead women into the criminal justice system. The typically complex findings of this process of inquiry are then staged before an audience of civilians where all involved have the opportunity to reach a deeper understanding of the issues at hand. At its core, The Medea Project illustrates the intimate link between the arts and humanities with healing practices while rescuing the neglected stories of marginalized women in the hopes of reintegrating them back into their communities.
