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This is Anna Little and Lilia Nicholson and we are Freshman at Lewis and Clark High School. We created two collages. One is filled with images that symbolize and represent a fixed mindset of a person in solitary confinement. The other collage was created with pictures that symbolize, hope, dreaming, growth, and reflection. Solitary confinement is a punishment that is often judged too quickly by people who don’t know much about it. Instead of trying to change something about solitary confinement, we want to create awareness about it. Our intent with the images in the collages was to capture the opposing mindsets of prisoners in solitary confinement. Solitary confinement can have many different effects on prisoners, it all depends on their mindset. We believed that our project would be more meaningful if grouped together with our classmates’ art related projects. Therefore, we created this virtual art gallery.
Hi, I'm Noah Eddy. For my drawing, I drew a person in an orange jumpsuit (to show that he’s a criminal) suspended in the air by chains. They can’t escape, the only way is the key. But it’s tied to a rope and out of reach. The key represents education programs in prisons. Washington has a recidivism problem, meaning that a lot of criminals that are convicted reoffend. In order to combat this, prisons started introducing the option for inmates to take higher level courses and get college degrees. This might seem ineffective or a waste of resources, but the Prison Studies Project found that these education programs “reduced long-term recidivism by 29%”. I believe we should start programs like this. Not only are they effective ways to prevent recidivism and mass-incarceration, but they also give criminals a second chance, an option everyone deserves.
My name is Joey Hruban. Beauty is found in the homeless still, as they try to survive with untreated mental illness, no shelter, food or support. All people pictured are actively trying their hardest to get shelter and get off of the streets. People like you and me should sincerely try to volunteer. Afterall, a few bad turns is all takes to make you wish more people helped you.
This is Linn Kishiyama and Eleanor Plager. With our project we wanted to bring into light how brutal and alarming the state of our criminal justice system has become on the topic of police brutality and racism. To do this we compiled a series of charts, data points, and stories into an infographic. In a time like this, where so much about our world is uncertain and confusing, facts and statistics remain with a constant undeniability. Through this project we learned how compelling and moving statistics can be, especially regarding such a painful topic, and we hope they can bring change through their presence.
Hello, my name is Sofia Alfaro and I attend Lewis and Clark High school. My drawing, called This is America is all about the racial inequality within the United states, and how that has affected people of color within the last few years. To the people who see my drawing, I want them to understand what is happening in the United States today regarding racial inequality within the government and our day-to-day life, become educated, and be a part of the cadre of change in our country. It is needed now, more than ever.
My name is Cole VanHersett and my Project is a depiction of all the stress and mental strain law enforcement officers have to go through. It shows pictures of the stress and how it haunts them. Tells stories of things they’ll see and never forget. I put it together so that people will maybe stop and try to help our officers with their problems and help protect them from themselves.
Hi, this is Kate Stachofsky and Eden Howarth. We created a poster that includes a written statement/explanation of our opinion surrounded by pictures we felt represented the topic, Juveniles in the Justice System. The poster also includes a series of fictional journal entries of a 15-year-old boy who was put through the juvenile justice system and the adult justice system. The entries provide details showing the contrasting effects of the juvenile vs. adult justice system. The product is working towards evoking an emotional response on the readers. We hope that the poster and journal entries will raise awareness for keeping juveniles out of the adult justice system.
Hello, our names are Emma Dwonch, Sadie O’Rourke, Iain O’Quinn, and Kjersten Roggenbauer. The purpose of our project was to lobby for change in the way we handle recidivism, especially for juvenile delinquents. We supported having more reentry services being offered in jail, to help prisoners before they are released. To push this point, we created three drawings on watercolor background, with facts and statistics to inform as well as persuade.
Hi, my name is Sophia Zuchetto and I believe there should be more staff and education about mental health problems at Lewis & Clark High School (well all schools but just ours for now seems more achievable). A program should be put in place that does check-ins with students attending our school(on an online platform) to evaluate mental health. If students show signs of mental health issues there should be some sort of free therapy program at school. The state of being content shouldn’t be something people have to pay for.