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Terri J. Vaughn joins us from Atlanta to talk about Take Wings Foundation Awards 2011 Aug. 13, 2011 in San Francisco. Heriberto Ocasio & David Santos talk about the People's Patrol in Oakland, CA, formed to witness, call out, and stand up to any and all illegal actions by the police against the people. "7 Women, 7 Stools," opens for one night only at the Black Repertory Group Theater, Sat., Aug. 20, 2011, 8 PM. Lady Kitty Griffin talks about her work which tells the stories if 7 very different women. Visit emergetheplay.com We close with a look at the transformative power of art, theatrespecifically, at San Quentin State Prison through the work of Lesley Currier, founding Managing Director of Marin Shakespeare Company. She holds a B.A. in Religion from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Frances LeMoyne Page Award for Theatre.  Lesley, 2007 Marin Women's Hall of Fame awardee, is founder of Shakespeare at San Quentin. The company, San Quentin Shakespeare, directed by Suraya Susana Keating, moth