Rutgers Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Development Hosts Evening of Film and Dialogue on "Reimagining Democracy"

The Rutgers Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Development hosted an evening of film and dialogue for "Reimagining Democracy: Justice, Reentry & Community Voice Through Film" at Express Newark at Rutgers University–Newark on April 15.

Writer, producer, and director Kiara C Jones (Cultivated Films, LLC) and Christopher Agans, executive director at the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons program (NJ STEP), shared their insights following the screening of "A Woman on the Outside," a film that follows Kristal Bush, a young woman in Philadelphia who saw nearly every man in her life disappear to prison.

Over the course of the evening, approximately 50 participants, including students, faculty, community members, NJ STEP participants, and members of the reentry community joined together to reflect on the power of storytelling, lived experience, and education in shaping more just and inclusive communities.

The Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) Office of Community Engagement partnered on the event and sponsorship from the Rutgers Democracy Lab at the Eagleton Institute of Politics helped make the event possible.