Upcoming UPLIFT WV events.
UPLIFT WV Trainings, Listening Sessions, and Events.
Stay tuned for more to come.
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Community Conversation - Inside OUT: IncARceraTion
Come and meet your Community Partners providing Recovery and Reentry services.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Hold That Bus
11:45 AM 1:00 PM
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Building Bridges to a Better Community Workshop - Inside OUT: IncARceraTion
Join us for a two day community based training oppurtunity focused on understanding the challenges of re-entry and how to support people who have been recently released from incarceration or have a criminal record.
Presented by:
Beverly Sharp, Offender Workforce Development Specialist
and the West Virginia Council of Churches Re-entry Initiatives
Building Bridges to a Better Community Workshop - Inside OUT: IncARceraTion
Join us for a two day community based training oppurtunity focused on understanding the challenges of re-entry and how to support people who have been recently released from incarceration or have a criminal record.
Presented by:
Beverly Sharp, Offender Workforce Development Specialist
and the West Virginia Council of Churches Re-entry Initiatives
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com
Hold That Bus
We need your help!
Join us for “Hold That Bus!” Every Thursday at 11:45 am. (See “Hold That Bus Tab for more information”)
Recently the community came together to fight for bus routes that travel to the DMV, as it is far too hard to walk to Moundsville. An ID is the critical item needed to obtain employment, housing, healthcare and more! Yet, if you do not have transportation obtaining an ID is nearly impossible!
The bus also stops at Reynolds Hospital, and Moundsville WIC and DHHR.
OVRTA granted a 6-month trial route twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We were recently told we are at risk of losing it if we don’t get ridership up. -BUT it takes time to spread the news to individuals, non-profits and to educate people how to ride the bus. Help us hold the bus! The bus drivers are fun, the seats are comfy and you can help change a person’s life- just by sitting there!
We will even pay your fare if needed!
#HoldThatBus #UpliftWV
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion
The “Inside--->OUT : incARceraTion” installation is a collaborative arts project between incarcerated Artists in the WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Uplift WV curation team and the REACH Initiative’s community training, exploring the intersections between trauma, addiction, incarceration and reentry. The “Inside--->OUT” installation was developed to create community conversations, collaborative creativity and resilience around issues of incarceration, recovery and reentry in West Virginia.
Leonard Cohen once said, “There is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.”
“Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion” explores the humanity of incarcerated individuals and meaningfully considers the reality of their journeys to become whole and healthy individuals, using their abilities to put good into the world, even while being excluded from it. The work considers how trauma, addiction and incarceration can all be forms of imprisonment.
The works hold in tension the realities of the incarcerated artist's self-reflection of childhood trauma, subsequent consequences and rehabilitation amid exclusion. At the same time, space is created for the community to consider what successful reentry and community restoration might look like and how "the light" can seep in to help heal what has been broken.
In West Virginia, 1 out of 10 children have an incarcerated parent. The WV Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation held 41,575 inmates and released 38,767 back into our community in 2021. There isn’t a community in West Virginia that isn’t impacted by incarceration and its too frequent connection to addiction.
Inside--->OUT: IncARceraTion leans into a model of restorative justice that employs creating the ability for currently incarcerated artists to utilize their skills to heal themselves and their community through their artwork. UPLIFT WV, a group made up of individuals formerly incarcerated and/or in recovery, curate, hang and act as docents at the exhibits. Their input is invaluable in providing insight to the materials and techniques used by incarcerated artists, while their leadership in the project has gained them social equity in their communities in addressing reentry. The REACH Initiative provides coordinating educational training opportunities in conjunction with the exhibit. These trainings strengthen communities with the skills needed to support justice impacted individuals and families in successful reentry and futures, while lessening recidivism.
The exhibit is currently on tour in West Virginia engaging communities in conversations and education regarding reentry, recovery and community resilience.
Do you think your community would like to host the Inside--->OUT:IncARceraTion exhibit to create community conversations and opportunity for education and training? If so, contact us to for further details at:
Exhibit Curator
UPLIFTWV.org
ContactUPLIFTWV@gmail.com