Congratulations Class of 2020!

Congratulations Class of 2020

On March 4, 2021, the team and faculty of Common Good Atlanta gathered via Zoom to honor and celebrate the participants and graduates of the 2020 Clemente Course in the Humanities at Metro Reentry Facility.  Before the guests joined in on the event, the graduates were patiently seated, dressed in their caps and gowns in…

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COMMON GOOD ALUMNI FEATURED IN POETRY MAGAZINE

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The February 2021 issue of Poetry Magazine is dedicated to poetry + art by incarcerated people, formerly incarcerated people, and families, loved ones and educators. This new issue features poems written by three Common Good Atlanta alumni, Janine Solursh, Jennifer Demott, and Pam Cochran. Read More FORGOTTEN PORTRAITS BY JANINE SOLURSH Suddenly nobody knows where…

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Seeking Friendly Justice: A Response to Mary Sharif’s Aristotle Courses

According to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, justice is associated with the people who are just. Aristotle’s philosophy asks readers to consider what friendship looks like and how friendliness affects both our reasoning and our sense of social equality. At the same time, friendship allows us to answer an unconventional but civil question: are we friendly advocates…

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Lifer’s Graduation Speech

By Jason, Common Good Atlanta student How do you explain the casual way in which you threw away your life? Answering that question honestly took years of struggling with my own failings. It was not easy, and I did not enjoy it. But I had to. That was the question I had to answer for…

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Research as a Form of Liberation: A Reflection of English 1102

By Declaration, Common Good Atlanta student As a college in prison program, we have access to two libraries within the prison: one traditional, the other radical. The traditional library includes books that are donated to help people in prison pass the time. They include mainly older novels and other books from the public’s bookshelves. But…

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“You Can’t Be A Talking Head”: Acting Class for The Tempest Continues

Acting instructor John Frazier gives the students instructions for an exercise: “Pick a word from your chosen monologue, just one word, and keep repeating it.”  A storm of words springs forth from the students and fills the room: monster, roaring, devil, listen, overthrown, first, hunted, Lord. “The word creates a feeling and focus and sense of…

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“In This Bare Island”: Master Workshop In Acting & Script Analysis

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GSU acting instructor John Frazier taught a master workshop in acting and script analysis for The Tempest.  CGA Scholars chose scenes and monologues from the play and John workshopped ways to perform the lines.  Scholars learned how to deconstruct characters, isolate their language, and emphasize movement and breath.  The result? Students brought Shakespeare’s characters and…

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First Annual Common Good Atlanta Conference

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  Paulo Freire said that ‘reading is not walking on the words; it’s grasping the soul of them.’ At the first Common Good Conference, the scholars grasped the soul of words. And they then projected those words onto the souls of other scholars. The bar has been set very high for every other conference that I…

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Hourglass Journal Launches

Hourglass Creative Journal

Thanks to Emory Center for Digital Scholarship,  Common Good Atlanta now has a digital journal where students can showcase their amazing work.    Read more about the journal launch.

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