Letters from Our Readers

Girl, Uninterrupted

I’ve been in the post-release program at the Museum of Glass for a little over a year (“A-Pod 2 Arts Connect,” November/December). I’ve seen girls come into the program after meeting Diana [Falchuk] in detention and it has just meant the world to them that they had somewhere to go once they got out. You do the girls an injustice in the article by focusing more on the part of Arts Connect inside Remann Hall, when both parts are equally important. You also forgot to mention Diana’s great assistant, Jessica Powers[above]. Jessica is really important to all of the girls. She always makes sure everyone feels comfortable and can work well together. Other than those two things, I think the article did a good job portraying what Arts Connect is like inside Remann Hall and how important it is to all of its participants.  

— Destiny, Tacoma

Keep Arts Connect Growing

Congratulations to Bond Huberman for her article on this outstanding arts-based program for female juvenile offenders. I and my colleagues Kathryn Amundson and Robert Jackson were privileged to conduct program evaluations for the original effort known as the Remann Hall Women’s Project and one of our recom­mendations was to extend the arts program
post-release. We are pleased to see that the program is still flourishing and hope it continues and grows.             

— Marcie Lazzari, Tacoma

Another Country Heard From

I found Bill Johnston’s letter, “No, Not Pioneer Square!” (November/December), very offensive. I am a Seattle native who also lived in Tacoma for fifteen years. I am much happier now that I moved back to Seattle, largely because of this backwards, small-minded attitude that so many Tacomans have. You won’t find this anti-Seattle, psuedo-progressive sentiment in Portland.

—  Patty Carlson, Seattle