Скачать или смотреть 🎙 Empowering Art and Community In and Out of Prison: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas

Rahsaan “New York” Thomas shares his transformative story of empowering art and community in and out of prison, with ‪@KateTucker‬ on the Hope Is My Middle Name podcast.

Empowering Art and Community In and Out of Prison: Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Hope Is My Middle Name, season 4, episode 8

What if art could build a bridge from incarceration to liberation? For Rahsaan “New York” Thomas the road was long, but he turned a 55 to life prison sentence into an opportunity. Through art, he would empower fellow incarcerated artists to transcend the limits of their sentences, and maybe even one day walk free, like Rahsaan finally did in 2023.

Today Rahsaan directs Empowerment Avenue, a non-profit he founded while inside San Quentin and now runs on the outside, along with a myriad of creative endeavors including the San Quentin Film Festival, and his work on the Pulitzer-prize winning podcast, Ear Hustle.

Rahsaan takes us through his life like the skilled storyteller he is, from growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, to landing in prison in California, to finding his voice as an artist inside San Quentin, and running the New York Marathon as a free man, with a dream to empower art that fosters inclusivity, which he believes could ultimately heal the root causes of crime.

Join us for a transformative conversation on art as a lifeline to hope and lifelong community.

00:00 How Art Transcends Limitations
00:33 Introducing Rahsaan “New York” Thomas
01:06 Rahsaan's Journey from Incarceration to Redemption
02:13 Empowerment Avenue and Rahsaan's Many Roles
03:10 Growing Up in Brownsville, Brooklyn
04:46 Early Artistic Influences
05:36 A Transformational Encounter in Prison
08:41 Finding Purpose in Writing and Journalism
12:11 The Birth of Ear Hustle
14:14 Venturing into Filmmaking
18:50 Curating Art Behind Bars
21:58 Valuing Art and Paying Restitution
22:45 Art and Redemption: Stories of Transformation
24:00 The Transformative Power of Art in Prison
25:40 Empowerment Avenue: The Birth of a Vision
27:40 Launching Empowerment Avenue During COVID
29:05 The Emotional Impact of Creative Work
29:29 Art as a Vehicle to Empowerment
30:30 The Role of Art in Sentence Commutation
31:57 The Day Rahsaan Was Released from San Quentin
34:28 Launching the San Quentin Film Festival
35:43 Building Community Through Inclusion
38:24 Embracing Freedom by Giving Back
40:47 Reasons for Hope: Changing the Narrative for Incarcerated People
42:23 Credits and Gratitude

LISTEN 🎙
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gNf...

Everywhere else: https://www.hopeismymiddlename.com/ra...

LEARN 📔
Support incarcerated artists through https://www.empowermentave.org/
Read the Inside/Out Co-Reporting Case Study: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64...
Follow Rahsaan “New York” Thomas on Instagram:   / rahsaan_new_york_thomas  
Watch Rahsaan explain the vision for Empowerment Avenue:    • Rahsaan Thomas | Empowerment Avenue | 2023...  
Visit Rahsaan’s official website: https://www.rahsaannewyorkthomas.com/
Get involved with the San Quentin Film Festival: https://www.sanquentinfilmfestival.com/
Listen to Ear Hustle: https://www.earhustlesq.com/
Watch the trailer for Friendly Signs:    • Friendly Signs Trailer 2024  

SUBSCRIBE 🎬
‪@KateTucker‬
@ConsensusDigitalMedia

CONNECT 🌍
  / katetuckerm.  .
https://consensusdigitalmedia.com/

If you liked this episode, listen next to    • 🎙 Landing a Life-Changing Job Out of Priso...  

Hosted and executive produced by Kate Tucker, Hope Is My Middle Name is a podcast by Consensus Digital Media in collaboration with Reasonable Volume.

If you know someone who should be on this show, please leave a comment. We LOVE hearing more stories of HOPE!