I stumbled across this group as I was browsing through our University's 600+ student organizations. I was looking to find a community that would fit my newly chosen Criminal Justice career path. I was going to do the 'Observing Community' post through the Science Theatre club, but after I changed my field from astronomy to criminal justice, it just didn't fit.
After exchanging a few emails with a member of SPOT, I was able to learn about some of the group's ethics and morals. The group aims to help incarcerated individuals. They look to help specifically in the rehabilitation process of these individuals. After talking with SPOT, I really got the sense that they believe all beings have a good side. SPOT looks to bring that good side out of these individuals by using theatre as its tool. SPOT actually works WITH prisoners, they don't just perform for them. This is a key step towards showing the prisoners that SPOT is there to help, and get them through it as a team. SPOT shows a lot of faith in people, even those that have made poor choices, which is something you don't see a lot of today.
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