My name is Rachel Hardesty.
I am an:

Observer:

One who becomes aware of, especially through careful and directed attention; one who makes systematic and scientific observations.

Activist:

One who uses direct, often confrontational action in opposition to or in support of a cause

Here are the programs and service I can offer you or your group.

Teacher

I can provide individual sessions or courses custom-designed for your group to include content information about the death penalty in the US and abroad as well as analysis of the framework of the public debate and resultant policy. I can also make presentations regarding my own research.

Sociodrama Facilitator

I can facilitate an enactment of the capital punishment process from arrest of suspect through judicial proceedings, imprisonment and execution using psychodrama techniques to increase participant empathy with individuals in the real life situation. (need 12-15 participants)

Discussant

I can present questions for discussion promoting awareness of the issues of particular significance to your group. I can facilitate book group discussions and provide study guides for various books, both fiction and non-fiction on the subject of the death penalty.

Speaker

I can share my own journey into activism and tell the stories of those with whom I have spoken who are intimately involved with the death penalty:

• Murder victim’s families
• Men on death row
• Legal officials from both defense and prosecution
• Prison officials who execute

Writer

I write prolifically on this subject and welcome opportunities for publication. If your newsletter or broadsheet, newspaper or magazine is interested in informed discussion of the issues underpinning the movement seeking alternatives to the death penalty, please contact me for clips of my published work or solicit an article.