Incarceration, Art, and Healing with Sabra Williams; Los Angeles, CA

Here to remind us that art and “the arts” are badly in need of decolonization, Creative Acts’ Executive Director Sabra Williams facilitates creative expression within communities experiencing the effects of incarceration. Her passionate and informed stance on corporate ills and human transformation dovetails with her dedication to using art in both practical and groundbreaking ways. In Sabra’s world, this means that everything from funding, planning, and policy change to casting and directing should be driven not by the status quo systems of white supremacy but by exploration and imagination. And, most importantly, it means centering the hearts and minds of those who have been harmed by poverty, gun violence, and the prison state. “I’ve never seen social justice and the arts as separate,” Sabra tells Trae in this powerful conversation. After hearing this episode, you won’t see them as separate either. This week’s Chime In features Cashayla Rodgers. This episode was produced by Linnea Ingalls & Julia Drachman and edited by Josh Berl.