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Syllabus: A History of Poverty
December 18, 2018 JIE Updates
This is the syllabus for a course taught in 2017 at a maximum-security New York State prison. The course investigates the history of American poverty from the colonial...
Announcing the 2018-2020 Social Justice Institute Cohort
September 5, 2018 Opportunities
The BCRW Social Justice Institute is thrilled to welcome the 2018-2020 cohort, with Artist-in-Residence La Vaughn Belle, Researcher-in-Residence Mariame Kaba,...
Recent News
Sara Bennett’s New Photo Series, “Looking Inside: Portraits of Women Serving Life Sentences,” Featured in the NYT
June 12, 2019 In the Press
“What do you want to say to the outside world?”
Two New Reports on Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education
June 1, 2019 In the Press
Two new reports were released on the Vera Institute for Justice's project: Unlocking Potential: Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education.
Opportunity: Submit Your Film for “Call To Action,” a Teen Juried Film Screening
May 30, 2019 Opportunities
The Studio Museum's Teen Leadership Council presents Call to Action, a film screening by young artists and filmmakers.
Call for Proposals: 2019 National Conference on Higher Education in Prison
May 28, 2019 Opportunities
The Call for Presentations for the 2019 National Conference on Higher Education in Prison (NCHEP) is organized around the theme of Beyond Barriers.
Justice-in-Education Scholar and Formerly Incarcerated Activist Jarrell E. Daniels Delivers TED Talk
May 24, 2019 JIE Updates
Jarrell E. Daniels delivers a TED Talk on the power of higher education and collaborative learning to end mass incarceration
Art from Within: Art by Incarcerated Artists
May 22, 2019 JIE Updates
This semester, the Justice-in-Education Initiative, in an effort led by Mia Ruyter, partnered with arts educator Laura Betancur and El Museo del Barrio to bring a series...
Opportunity: Deadline Extended for PEN America’s Writing For Justice Fellowship
May 20, 2019 Opportunities
Application deadlines for the 2019 Writing For Justice Fellowship will close June 3, 2019.
Opportunity: Filmmaking and Advocacy Summer Camp 2019
May 7, 2019 Opportunities
Echoes of Incarceration and American Friends Service Committee have teamed up to present “Liberation Summer Camp.”
Critical Education Publishes “Education and Transformation: An Argument for College in Prison”
May 1, 2019 In the Press
The eleventh manuscript in the special volume for Critical Education (eds. Erin Castro and Mary Gould) has now been published.
Opportunity: The Petey Greene Program is Hiring a Division Manager
April 30, 2019 Opportunities
The Division Manager will work with the Petey Greene team to recruit, train, and manage all Petey Greene volunteers involved in prison education programs in...
