Please note that our Winter 2024 in-person events will require masks due to the rise in COVID-19 and flu activity within the region. The MCC will provide masks to attendees on site, as needed.
Richie Reseda is a convicted felon who had been serving time in an all-male prison in Soledad, California, for armed robbery since he was a teen. “The Feminist on Cellblock Y,” a documentary produced by filmmaker Contessa Gayles, follows Reseda and his fellow inmates as they participate in a rehabilitation program centered around feminist literature. “We cannot challenge our harmful behavior without challenging patriarchy,” Reseda says in the film. The screening of this film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring coaches from the Success Stories Program.
Speaker Bio: Success Stories is building a world free of prisons and patriarchy. We see individual and systemic acts of harm as symptoms of patriarchal beliefs that can be transformed. We deliver a 12-week curriculum that helps people who have harmed to get clear on the people and goals most important to them, as well as obstacles, like patriarchal beliefs, they've placed in their way. After graduating, Alumni receive support and programming from Success Stories for life. Success Stories Program works in places where people have committed harm and/or are survivors of systemic harm, such as prisons, jails, group homes, re-entry programs, and schools.
Co- Sponsors: Pages for Individuals in Prison, Success Stories Program
