This past month, we heard from resource experts across the education continuum on pressing issues and topics. This recap serves as a resource for those interested in our different webinar series.
Jobs for the Future (JFF) | Center for Justice and Economic Advancement: Through the Center for Justice and Economic Advancement, JFF will work to eliminate barriers that have prevented them from having meaningful opportunities to transform their lives and achieve economic advancement.
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison | Language Guidelines: Language is a powerful tool in shaping the culture and narrative in the field of higher education in prison, and our efforts are guided by a practice of conscious communication and the use of person-centered language.
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative | Tennessee Prison College Coalition: In 2019, The Tennessee Prison College Coalition (TPCC) was launched, for strategic and timely collaboration across state agencies, colleges and universities and service providers to increase access and support for justice-impacted students.
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network: FICGN is a network of college graduates who have been to prison. It includes people from varied educational backgrounds (AA to JD/Ph.D./EdD) as well as careers ranging from staff members to state and federal administrators, a mayor, executive directors, attorneys, professors, and a college president.
Reentry Campus Program: Reentry Campus Program provides currently and formerly incarcerated individuals with an affordable pathway to accredited post-secondary education and certification programs that are infused within the reentry process.
Open Campus | College Inside: A biweekly newsletter about the future of postsecondary education in prisons.
National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction: Legal and regulatory sanctions and restrictions that limit or prohibit people with criminal records from accessing employment, occupational licensing, housing, voting, education, and other opportunities.
If you have any questions about this webinar or series, please contact Jamison Lowery, Internship and Belk Impact Fellows Program Coordinator, at jlowery@hunt-institute.org
