Things I Wish I’d Said To My Children: A Workshop for Formerly Incarcerated Parents

Sat, May 16 2026
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Bedford Library

adults Justice Initiatives parents and caregivers Warehouse Exhibition

Join Mariame Kaba, in a workshop that asks parents and caregivers to share their hopes, fears, and dreams for the children they left behind. Through letter writing and art making, we will share and discuss what formerly incarcerated parents would have wanted their children to know while they were gone. How did you explain to your child what was happening? How did you stay connected? Do you wish you could have explained things better? What did you want them to know?

Registration is encouraged, but not required.

Mariame Kaba is a NYC-based educator, organizer, librarian/archivist, curator and long-time zine maker. She is the author of  the children’s books Missing Daddy & See You Soon, among several other titles that offer support and tools for repair, transformation, and moving toward a future without incarceration.

Running from April 4 through June 28, 2026, The Warehouse is a collaboration between artist and writer Vic Liu, abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba, and the Bedford branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The project features more than two dozen new, full-scale paintings by Liu that cover the library's walls, transforming the public space into an immersive exploration of resistance, survival, and possibility.

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