Human Powered: In Conversation with Jane Beachy

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Jane Beachy about the Envisioning Justice program and its impact on programming in prisons.

We are kicking off 2026 with a special conversation with our neighbor in Illinois, Jane Beachy. Co-hosts Jen Rubin and Jessica Becker talk with Beachy about a program called Envisioning Justice from Illinois Humanities and her work convening people from other state and territorial organizations funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities with a commitment to programming in prisons, working alongside people impacted by the justice system, and framing conversations about incarceration i...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jen Rubin, Jessica Becker

Guest: Jane Beachy

Topics covered

• justice system
• incarceration
• programming in prisons
• community engagement
• humanities

Keywords

• justice
• incarceration
• Illinois Humanities
• Envisioning Justice
• prison programming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Illinois Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities

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