Alabama NewsCenter — Kyes Stevens Provides Help, Hope for People and Animals in Need
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By Katie Jackson
Alabama Living
If Kyes Stevens sees anyone or anything in need, she’s going to stop and help. It’s why she’s served as a volunteer firefighter for the community around her hometown of Waverly. It’s why she rescues and often adopts homeless animals – more than 150 at last count. It’s also why she is an advocate for people whose voices are rarely heard.
Stevens is director of the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, a nationally recognized program she founded in 2003 to provide educational opportunities to people incarcerated in Alabama’s prisons. The program sprang from Stevens’ first experiences teaching poetry and creative writing classes at Talladega Federal Prison and Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, which opened her eyes to the power of – and the basic human need for – learning, creativity and self-expression.
In the years since its creation, APAEP has taught hundreds of classes in the arts, humanities and sciences to more than 5,000 incarcerated students in prisons across the state.
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