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Mary Cohen

Coralville
As seen in: Yahoo Life, Scribd, MDPI, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, The Mommies Reviews
Music Educator, University of Iowa, Founder of Oakdale Prison Community Choir, Songwriter, Yogi, activist, builder of communities of caring, tweets are mine
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Restorative justice through communal music-making | Music Column

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By Mary Cohen
| Yahoo Life
“Every wrong is the reason to forgive” (Blackwell & Swanson). This line from the Oakdale Prison Community Choir’s final concert, themed “Remember: Be Love” (December 2019), endorses an important but difficult practice of restorative justice and relational well-being that I have been trying to advance through communal music-making in a variety of carceral settings for over twenty years.
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Restorative justice through communal music-making | Music Column

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By Mary Cohen
| Iowa City Press-Citizen
COLUMNISTS Mary Cohen Special to the Press-Citizen March 25, 2026, 4:49 p.m. CT “Every wrong is the reason to forgive” (Blackwell & Swanson). This line from the Oakdale Prison Community Choir’s final concert, themed “Remember: Be Love” (December 2019), endorses an important but difficult practice of restorative justice and relational well-being that I have been trying to advance through communal music-making in a variety of carceral settings for over twenty years.
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Music Column: The Inside Singers Film Screening and Inside Voices book reading

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By Mary Cohen
| Iowa City Press-Citizen
Imagine moving to a new community, drawn there for a professional opportunity, with no family nearby. You begin a choir as part of your job, and it grows into a community you care deeply about.
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