About
Asia Johnson is a writer, storyteller, and filmmaker who has worked with several organizations in the criminal justice reform space, including The Bail Project, cut50, Shakespeare in Prison, Prison Creative Arts Program, Hamtramck Free School, and the Michigan Prison Doula Initiative. Asia is a 2019 Right of Return Fellow, 2019 Room Project Fellow, 2021 Brennan Center for Justice Fellow, and a 2022 Art For Justice Grantee. Her Chapbook, An Exorcism, was released in 2018 and her upcoming directorial debut, Out of Place, was released in 2022.
Asia is a student at University of Michigan-Dearborn where she studies Criminal Justice and Film and is the Senior Associate of Storytelling and Local Organizing at Zealous. When Asia isn’t helping to uplift the stories of those impacted by the criminal legal system and making her dream of a world without cages come true, she is writing poetry.
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Lana G.
Asia and her guests were outstanding! They used the space for poetry reading and a birthday party. They were friendly, respectful, and took great care of the space. Highly recommend and hope to work together again!
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