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Emcee at Poetry Reading at Washington Corrections Center for Women

Emcee at Poetry Reading at Washington Corrections Center for Women

On May 10th, 2012 the WCCW Library hosted a poetry reading. Laura Sherbo and Doug Gelis planned the event and invited 3 poets to come and read their and other poet’s poems. 70 inmates signed up to attend and 35 showed up to listen to poetry read. This was held in the WCCW Visit Room.   The first poet to read was Kathleen Flenniken. Kathleen is the current Poet Laureate of Washington State. The second poet to read was Merna…

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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS 2011

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS 2011

The new year started off with a bang. On 1/11/11 we hosted Library Snapshot Day at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. The day really highlighted who we are and what we do everyday. Inmates had their photos taken in the library and were told how their friends and families could access their pictures on Facebook. Jump to March and the hot issue became library expansion. Laura and I met with our Associate Supt to talk about expanding the library…

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