Octopodes (yes, that’s the proper plural) are both fluid and uniquely evolved.
Each arm functions as its own brain, bending and reaching for any useful fuel or tool, but all in service of the collective being. And its future. So, too, the multifaceted realms of The Humanization Project.
Scientists say we’re the only species to communicate aurally by controlling both rhythm and tone, making ours the most complex form. Our voices are powerfully unique and central to us as human beings, reflecting our textured identities and experiences. They are how we build and maintain connections and share ourselves and our ideas with the world.
Thus we present these many human voices, with varied rhythms and tones, hoping to reach you, reader, whatever your preferred sound. Some belong to our founders themselves, some to permanent content creators, and some to the many decent, good, and great people we’ve met who are counterproductively stuck in the system. Some are poetic, some are revolutionary, some are technical and academic, but they all focus on and present the human side of mass incarceration.