MEDIA COVERAGE
Review: Two books amplify stories of incarcerated Americans from an anti-prison perspective (San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 2024)
A well-researched beginner’s guide to a growing movement (Kirkus Review, April 19, 2024)
OP-ED: JOURNALISTS MUST REPORT ON PRISONS—BUT WE NEED TO PROTECT INCARCERATED SOURCES
Sources trust reporters to keep them out of trouble — and prison in many cases — in exchange for information of public interest. But what happens when the source is already imprisoned? The bottom has fallen out. The parameters are different. In prison, “trouble” is defined and punished by people who control every aspect of a prisoner’s life. In that environment, consequences exist in an ever-expanding hall of trap doors. The most consequential thing about prison is that everything has consequences.
PODCASTS
BREAKING BIAS
In Ep 185: Challenging Binary Systems & Thinking of the Breaking Bias podcast, RTR author Paula Lehman-Ewing discusses the importance of nonbinary thinking and how to develop narratives that create meaningful change.
COUP SAVE AMERICA
In this thought-provoking episode of Coup Save America, Sean St. Heart sits down with Paula Lehman-Ewing to discuss her compelling profiles of racial and social justice organizations.
PO3TRYJOURNAL
A two-part interview with Paula Lehman-Ewing that discusses social justice, the modern day civil rights movement, and the part that art plays in the rehabilitation process for incarcerated individuals.
DECARCERAL PATHWAYS: ASYMMETRICAL PARTNERS
In the first week of October, a notification popped up from GettingOut on my phone. Because the app is so janky, it usually shows a red notification dot indicating some ridiculous number of new messages—forty-three, say—when there is really just one new message. On this particular October day, there were two new messages, which Ivan had labeled “Part 2” and “Part 3.” Notably no “Part 1,” which was my first clue that something had gone awry. It was clear that Ivan was sending me his draft—but it was equally clear that a big chunk had been deleted. My phone rang the next day.
“That’s my First Amendment right for ya,” Ivan said when we were finally connected following the long-winded automated introduction that commences every call, reminding us that we were under surveillance.
EXPERTISE
- Having examined four organizations vying for change in radically new ways, I can discuss how activism is evolving—and embracing humor.
- With the upcoming dumpster fire of an election, Paula can speak to the idea of looking beyond political solutions to societal problems.
- Paula has discussed modern abolitionist movements and the theory of abolitionist thought within a modern context.
- As a Jewish American with strong ties to the Black liberation movement, Paula can speak to the seemingly radical notion of being both anti-terrorist and anti-colonialist.