Today CAN is proud to bring you a new story by Arlene Goldbard, "The Path of Stories: Artists and The Thousand Kites Project." It's a long, deep look (with video) into a multi-arts collaboration out of Appalshop that's starting a national conversation about the U.S. prison industrial complex. The Thousand Kites project comprises a call-in hip-hop radio show, “Holler to the Hood” (H2H), which has become a national communications nexus for prisoners and their loved ones, especially through an annual “Calls from Home” special that is distributed nationally; a documentary film, “Up The Ridge”; a play, “Thousand Kites,” based on stories collected from a wide range of people whose lives have been touched by the prison system; other initiatives that combine these, such as a radio program interweaving documentary and dramatic elements; and an interactive Web site providing a connection point and a toolbox for people who want to work on this issue. [LINK]