SEEN
SEEN is a prison portrait and poetry project. But more importantly, it’s a Minnesota portrait and poetry project. Through photography, video, and written word, we share the poignant brilliance of poets and prose writers in Minnesota state prisons, and work together to make the invisible visible, the unheard heard, and the unseen seen.
We Are All Criminals
changing the perception of a criminal record
We Are All Criminals is a non-profit organization dedicated to challenging society’s perceptions of what it means to be “criminal.”
Through shared stories of those who committed or were accused of committing crimes, those who got away with them, and those who have been directly affected by the criminal justice system, we seek to erase the barriers that separate us.
It is also a commentary on the disparate impact of our nation’s policies, policing, and prosecution: many of the participants who got away with crimes benefited from belonging to a race and class that is not overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
Permanent and public criminal records perpetuate inequities, precluding millions from countless opportunities to move on and move up. WAAC calls out the injustice in those policies.
SEEN
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SEEN: the Exhibit
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People In
The Movement
collaborations
Luxury
to Forget
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More Than
My Mugshot
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Ripple
Effect
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