The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

Join us this Wednesday - please share with your network! The Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness provides fellowships each summer for people around the world who are working in varying social justice pursuits. This year, two of our Inside-Out Coaches — Kenny Butler and Joe Schwartz — were chosen for this highly-regarded fellowship opportunity. They focused their research on the impact on instructors of the involvement of Inside-Out’s formerly-incarcerated coaches through our virtual Inside-Out Instructor Trainings, as well as the impact on the coaches themselves of this involvement. So much of what Inside-Out does has to do with social connectedness, so that provides the undergirding for both research projects. Zoom Link: https://lnkd.in/e7sf7kWb We are excited to provide Kenny and Joe the space to share their research findings with the Inside-Out network through a Zoom Conversation, being held THIS Wednesday (November 20th), from 3:00pm to 4:15pm EST. All are welcome! Please feel free to share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending.

Join us for a Zoom conversation on Wednesday, November 13th at 4pm EST with Inside-Out Instructor Leanne Trapedo Sims - author of Reckoning with Restorative Justice! Our discussion will explore the experiences of women who are incarcerated at the Women’s Community Correctional Center, the only women’s prison in the state of Hawai‘i. Get the Zoom link here: https://lnkd.in/eZGyUcWE

Inside-Out Team from Marquette University visits Pitzer College By Kenneth Butler On October 10, 2024, the remarkable Inside-Out team from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, visited Pitzer College in California. The team came out to California – the state that leads the nation in prison education programs – to explore the possibility of developing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) pathway program based on the Inside-Out pedagogy. Pitzer College joined the Inside-Out team in 2014 and launched the first-ever BA Pathway program based on the Inside-Out pedagogy in 2020. I initiated the idea in the Inside-Out Think Tank at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, California. I hold the distinction of being the co-founder of the program. The visit included a delightful lunch in the Pitzer dining hall, where conversations flowed between the Pitzer faculty, Bernie Hernandez (one of our Pitzer alumni), and me. The setting allowed us to engage in meaningful discussions and reflect on what it took to launch the Pitzer program. After lunch, Bernie and I took the team for a tour around the Claremont Colleges, where more conversations ensued. I shared my reentry experience and how the Pitzer community embraced me during my transition. My journey underscores how a supportive network can be cultivated and the impact the Inside-Out community can have on returning citizens.

Join us for a Zoom conversation with Julia Keleher! Julia Keleher, E.D., MBA, PMP, is an educator, leader, management consultant, author, and speaker with over 25 years of experience confronting some of the biggest problems that affect modern societies. Date: This Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 Time: 4:00?PM - 5:15 PM?EST Get the Zoom link here: https://lnkd.in/emSTbcSD #insideout #zoom #discussion

Happening Tomorrow: Yale Law School’s James Forman Jr. will facilitate a discussion on what it will take to reform the criminal justice system and where reforms are already making a difference on Zoom with Inside-Out! Get the Zoom link here: https://lnkd.in/grfEhBD5

Join us Wednesday, October 23rd at 4:00 PM EST! Yale Law School’s James Forman Jr. will facilitate a discussion on what it will take to reform the criminal justice system and where reforms are already making a difference. Get the Zoom Link here: https://lnkd.in/grfEhBD5

In this podcast episode, Inside-Out Instructor Chris Bonneau and Jordan Fields, discuss their chapter in a recent book titled "Civic Pedagogies: Tearing Down Walls: Teaching Political Science in Prison." Together, they shed light on the content of the book and share their invaluable experiences from their involvement in an Inside-Out class at the University of Pittsburgh. The book offers a unique perspective on the interaction between outside and inside students, addressing the privilege of freedom and the importance of recognizing it. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/eTsvsj96

We now have on our website?recordings of the Zoom Conversations?from this past summer — seven in all. If you were unable to attend, we hope that you’ll check out the various topics and take some time to watch some of these conversations. Each one is an hour in length, after the introductions of all of the participants. The conversations can be accessed through our webpage at:?https://lnkd.in/eQwPQjef This is a great way for people to see old friends and meet others involved in the program. The idea was inspired by various conversations at the anniversary celebration about the?desire to stay connected.

Join us for a Zoom Conversation on Monday, October 14th, from 3:00 to 4:15pm EST with Reiko Hillyer of Lewis & Clark College! Get the link in our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eqvXhxAC Reiko Hillyer is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon where she teaches courses in U.S. History. She has published scholarly work on the politics of public memory in the U.S. South, community policing in New York City, and the prisoners' rights movement in Virginia. Hillyer brought Inside-Out to Lewis & Clark in 2012. Since then, she has won numerous grants to incorporate the creative arts into her Inside-Out course, "Crime and Punishment in U.S. History," and has expanded the program, which now boasts six instructors in various disciplines. Hillyer's work in Inside-Out inspired her to do the research that resulted in "A Wall is Just a Wall".

Inside-Out Instructor James Forman Jr. from Yale Law School discusses what it will take to reform the criminal justice system and where reforms are already making a difference. Read now: https://lnkd.in/eGfrHmBD #massincarceration #dismantlingmassincarceration