Jermaine Archer
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
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Hi there, everyone, and welcome to The Moth.
I'm Jermaine Archer, executive director of a nonprofit called Rehabilitation Through the Arts, or RTA, which is celebrating 30 years of using the arts to teach life skills to incarcerated New Yorkers.
I'm also a moth storyteller, and I'm so excited to be hosting this episode of The Moth Podcast.
Today, we're featuring two stories from the Moth's Community Program, which, through workshops and events, brings storytelling to nonprofits, cultural institutions, and a bunch of other cool places around the country.
The Community Program has featured stories spanning topics from veteran and immigrant experiences to mental health and cultural identity.
On this episode, we're focusing on stories from our Justice Initiative.
In 2026 alone, we've recorded stories from family members navigating incarceration, entrepreneurs who've used experiences and skills acquired in the penal system, and survivors of violence who found forgiveness.
Together, these stories tell of the many ways people are working together to reimagine what justice can look like.
Our first story is from Dolores Canales, who told her story at a community workshop in San Francisco.
Here's Dolores, live at The Moth.
That was Dolores Canales.
Dolores is the Director of Community Outreach for the Bell Project, the co-founder of California Families Against Solitary Confinement, and was previously a Soros Justice Fellow.
Dolores told her story with help from a mend at University of California San Francisco, a program that uses public health practices to transform U.S.
correctional culture and improve the health of those who work and live in these facilities.
Our community workshop there was generously supported by the Langloff Foundation.
When I think about the role storytelling has had on my life, I recognize the power storytelling holds.
I was convicted of a crime I did not commit, partly because I refused to tell my story by testifying in my own defense.
During my 22 years of incarceration, I learned how vital it was to share my story and establish my own narrative.
At my parole hearing, I maintained my innocence, which usually is seen as refusing to take responsibility and results in being denied parole.
Most of my peers were surprised when the parole board voted to release me.
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