Reimagine Justice
Kaia Stern, PhD., is an educator, author, and interfaith minister whose work is rooted in human connection and grounded in reimagining justice and public health.
Recent Collaborations
Beyond Punishment: A Guide to Mass Incarceration
Beyond Punishment: A Guide to Mass Incarceration helps readers understand the history, structures, and lived impacts of mass incarceration in the United States. Produced by the Applied Cartooning Lab in collaboration with Freedom Classrooms (which is a continuation of the Prison Studies Project), this comic-style guide combines visual storytelling with historical context, personal accounts, examination of how systems of punishment operate, and opportunities for justice beyond incarceration.
Freedom Summer Series
Freedom Classrooms, in partnership with Frontyard FM, is launching a public teach-in series that will create spaces to gather around political education, community discussion, and live music. We aim to bring writers, scholars, organizers and community members into conversation with each other to engage with new ideas, mobilize, and enjoy great music together.
Frontyard FM is a grassroots community organization and artist collective focused on fostering intergenerational community, collective joy, and local aid. They host public concerts and dance parties, free political education events, and mutual aid fundraisers in Brooklyn NY.
Freedom Classrooms cultivates educational opportunities in and beyond carceral spaces through action-based conversations about freedom, punishment, and justice. We design in-person and virtual programming that centers the humanity of people impacted by the criminal legal system, sparking critical consciousness through the arts, restorative practices, and collective learning.