Fighting for Incarcerated Women: A Conversation with Susan Burton

Susan Burton is a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, author of the award-winning memoir Becoming Ms. Burton, and founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL). 

ANWOL’s approach to reentry is internationally recognized as an innovative model that creates welcoming and healing spaces for women to rejoin their communities after incarceration while developing as leaders to work toward liberation. In 2018, Burton launched the SAFE (Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom and Equality) Housing Network to replicate this effective reentry model. The network now includes over 30 members located across the United States, Uganda, Nigeria, and Kenya. 

In conjunction with the Wende Museum’s current exhibition of work by incarcerated artists, Visions of Transcendence: Creating Space in East and West, Burton will be interviewed by Wende Museum Chief Curator and Director of Programming Joes Segal. The interview will conclude with an audience Q&A session, followed by a light reception.