WKYC Channel 3 News Feature

 

Renovare was honored to have “Unmuted,” our weekly Strings class at the Grafton Correctional Institution, be featured on Cleveland’s WKYC Channel 3 News. Thank you, Chris Webb, for helping share the story of what is happening inside the walls of that prison!

 
 

Teaching at Grafton each week continues to be one of the great joys of our work. Every Wednesday we learn so much from these men, and are continually inspired by their hard work, resilience, and optimism.

Rebecca leading warmups during strings class at the Grafton Correctional institution

Rebecca Shasberger leads warmup exercises during an Unmuted class at Grafton Correctional, April 2022.

Due to regulations of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections the men’s faces were not permitted to appear in this video, unfortunately. You hear some of their voices, though, sharing their thoughts on the experience of learning to play violin, viola, or cello while incarcerated.

Click here to read the full article on WKYC’s website.

 
The musicians of Unmuted, Renovare's strings class at the Grafton Correctional Institution

Unmuted class at Grafton Correctional, April 2022.

 
 
Rebecca Shasberger