Applied Theatre in FYF
Success happens when youth play and laugh, explore sound, movement, stories, and share their perspectives about deeper issues of importance through image theatre activities. This collaboration began in March of 2017 when a small group of friends calling themselves Breadcrumbs Theatre Company asked JJUS Tim Oney if they could visit …
Yoga Inside
Our hope is to continue to be together in a mindful, embodied practice of awareness. The first women’s yoga class was held November 2, 2017. Officer Johnson purchased enough yoga mats and blocks through her FCC Recreation Department for 25 students per class. The women’s yoga program offers one …
Voices Uncaged: Women Writer’s Workshop
We foster the expressive and transformative power of writing by connecting women as writers inside and linking the program with the writing community and continuing opportunities outside. The Women’s Writing Workshop has grown from one MFA student’s mission to bring writing opportunities to incarcerated women in Fairbanks to a regular …
Area 111x
if you’re lost, you’re here UPDATE: Due to COVID-19, Area 111X is not currently meeting. The loss of connection due to the pandemic has inspired the SOIL project that seeks a Secure Operational Instructional Link for prisoners to be able to continue their progress in Area 111X and …
The Flying University
The Flying University is a prison-education program at UAS that brings university students inside the prison for mutual and collaborative study. Inaugurated in Fall 2012 by Dr. Sol Neely, the program has staged 15 consecutive semesters, in addition to some summer seminars, of intensive college-level study in philosophy, writing, and …
One Two Tree, The Folk School Fairbanks, and FCC Womens’ Writing Workshop
In Spring of 2017, members of The Folk School Fairbanks launched a year-long program under the name of “One Two Tree,” a play on words referencing a previous “One Tree” project in the past. The project revolved around a single birch tree and a year of projects using that one …
Reading Stories Inside and Out: The Great America Read as Howard’s Challenge
noticing who’s invited When Sarah Stanley heard on KUAC about the Great America Read and KUAC’s special event at the Noel Wien Library in September, she reached out to Nancy Tarnai, “Nancy, is there a way to bring this local event inside the walls at FCC?” Later that same week, Nancy …
Family Focused Inside Spaces: FCM and FCC
The Fairbanks Children’s Museum’s partnership with FCC started as an idea in the summer of 2018 and came to fruition in September. We believe that children with incarcerated family members need and deserve a comfortable and safe space to connect with their families. We have installed a magnetic board with …
Ear Hustle
“Ear Hustle brings you the stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it.”