Ellen Stackable's guest appearances

Ellen Stackable

Citizens of Tulsa

DoYouMind.life Podcast

Heather Vickery

Caroline Johnson

Mia Wright

Yadenee Hailu

Carmen White Janak

Zaakirah Demba

Gayle Koger

Karen Scism

Anna Veronesi

Paige Britt

Tennille Wilson

Tamara Greenberg

Debra McCall

OwlTail

Ellen Stackable works tirelessly to help incarcerated women find and express their voices. In this episode, I talk with her about Poetic Justice, the program she started five years ago to connect with and bring hope to imprisoned women in Oklahoma and beyond by teaching them creative writing. Join me, Stacey Leigh, as Ellen and I have a conversation about her program and "Voice."Ellen Stackable is the Executive Director of Poetic Justice, an organization that teaches creative writing to incarcerated women. She taught English and writing for over eighteen years at Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences, and she has her BSE from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.While pursuing her master’s degree in Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma, she became aware of the issue of mass incarceration of women in Oklahoma. As a writing teacher, she knew the power of writing to transform lives, so she wanted to teach writing to incarcerated women. In March of 2014, she helped start Poetic Justice, working with incarcerated women at the Tulsa County Jail.Poetic Justice classes give a voice to the voiceless and empowers women to change as they engage in self-reflective, therapeutic writing. Poetic Justice now has sixty volunteers who teach classes to incarcerated women every week at the Tulsa County Jail, at every women’s prison in Oklahoma, a rehab in Tijuana, Mexico, and at the San Diego County jail. This last year, Poetic Justice held a day long workshop on empathy called, “The Human Factor” that all wardens, deputy wardens, and chief guards were required to attend.Ellen was honored with the 2015 YWCA Women of the Year Pinnacle Award.  In addition:TulsaCC TedX speaker: 2017 “Unlocking the Voices of Incarcerated Women” 	Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries Point of Light Award: 2018 	Dan Allen Center for Social Justice Outstanding Project Award: 2018 	University of Oklahoma Social Justice Activist in Residence: 2018 	CNN Hero Award Finalist: 2018But, every Tuesday, you can find her at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Oklahoma’s largest women’s prison, surrounded by incarcerated women who are becoming poet warriors.For articles, links to podcasts, merchandise, and more, check out our website at www.DoYouMind.life!Don't miss any of the inspiring DoYouMind.life content! To receive the weekly DoYouMind.life Saturday Summary email, click here.If you’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast, we invite you to subscribe and write a review on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Better yet, pop over to Patreon to become a financial supporter of the doyoumind.life project. Patrons receive the weekly Saturday Summary, special insider access, and DoYouMind.life swag to connect and inspire them. For about the price of a latte, $5 per month, you can become a patron at the not-a-latte tier. At $15 per month, you can join the Coffee Klatch and receive a DoYouMind coffee mug just like the ones given to our podcast guests, a podcast dedicated to you or a loved one, and other gifts. At $40 per month, you’re Serving from the Saucer, and in addition to these gifts, you get a membership box mailed to your home each month filled with goodies to connect and inspire you, plus a shout-out for your favorite charity on a future podcast episode. Please visit www.patreon.com/doyoumind to learn more.

Ellen Stackable works tirelessly to help incarcerated women find and express their voices. In this episode, I talk with her about Poetic Justice, the program she started five years ago to connect with and bring hope to imprisoned women in Oklahoma and beyond by teaching them creative writing. Join me, Stacey Leigh, as Ellen and I have a conversation about her program and "Voice." Ellen Stackable is the Executive Director of Poetic Justice, an organization that teaches creative writing to incarcerated women. She taught English and writing for over eighteen years at Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences, and she has her BSE from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While pursuing her master’s degree in Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma, she became aware of the issue of mass incarceration of women in Oklahoma. As a writing teacher, she knew the power of writing to transform lives, so she wanted to teach writing to incarcerated women. In March of 2014, she helped start Poetic Justice, working with incarcerated women at the Tulsa County Jail. Poetic Justice classes give a voice to the voiceless and empowers women to change as they engage in self-reflective, therapeutic writing. Poetic Justice now has sixty volunteers who teach classes to incarcerated women every week at the Tulsa County Jail, at every women’s prison in Oklahoma, a rehab in Tijuana, Mexico, and at the San Diego County jail. This last year, Poetic Justice held a day long workshop on empathy called, “The Human Factor” that all wardens, deputy wardens, and chief guards were required to attend. Ellen was honored with the 2015 YWCA Women of the Year Pinnacle Award.  In addition: TulsaCC TedX speaker: 2017 “Unlocking the Voices of Incarcerated Women” 	Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries Point of Light Award: 2018 	Dan Allen Center for Social Justice Outstanding Project Award: 2018 	University of Oklahoma Social Justice Activist in Residence: 2018 	CNN Hero Award Finalist: 2018 But, every Tuesday, you can find her at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Oklahoma’s largest women’s prison, surrounded by incarcerated women who are becoming poet warriors. For articles, links to podcasts, merchandise, and more, check out our website at www.DoYouMind.life! Don't miss any of the inspiring DoYouMind.life content! To receive the weekly DoYouMind.life Saturday Summary email, click here. If you’ve enjoyed listening to this podcast, we invite you to subscribe and write a review on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Better yet, pop over to Patreon to become a financial supporter of the doyoumind.life project. Patrons receive the weekly Saturday Summary, special insider access, and DoYouMind.life swag to connect and inspire them. For about the price of a latte, $5 per month, you can become a patron at the not-a-latte tier. At $15 per month, you can join the Coffee Klatch and receive a DoYouMind coffee mug just like the ones given to our podcast guests, a podcast dedicated to you or a loved one, and other gifts. At $40 per month, you’re Serving from the Saucer, and in addition to these gifts, you get a membership box mailed to your home each month filled with goodies to connect and inspire you, plus a shout-out for your favorite charity on a future podcast episode. Please visit <a href="http://www.patreon.com/doyoumind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/doyoumind</a> to learn more.

A Conversation with… Ellen Stackable (Ep. 6)