Residents at Echo Glen Children’s Center reflect on what they miss about being “out.” Created through the SHARE screenwriting program at the juvenile detention facility in Snoqualmie, Washington, this short combines images and poetry from students at Echo Glen High School with voiceover performances by students from Renton High School - a collaboration designed both to protect Echo students’ identities and to build an emotional bridge between youth who might otherwise never connect.

SHARE creates two unique experiences: one for the incarcerated students and another for the audiences of their work. Students create a deeper connection with themselves, have their voices and stories valued, and both they and the audience get to connect to each other in profound ways. In the end communities see incarcerated youth as more than their incarcerated label, creating an environment that can give them a better chance to succeed once they return home.