CSUSB Center for the Study of Correctional Education supports research initiatives and educational programs in confinement institutions.
California State University, San Bernard…
Joined October 2017
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We have some exciting updates to share in our prison education programs! A 🧵 Join me and make a gift to #GivingTuesdayCSUSB! #GTCSUSB givecampus.com/208a5d
Hey #CSUSB students! Interested in taking a class alongside incarcerated students this fall? There are still spots in ENG 3290-01 and ENG 1300-06!
Check out more info here and DM with questions: drive.google.com/file/d/1iye…
@CSUSBNews @CSUSBRebound
CSCE retweeted
Everyone’s favorite fundraising beagle is BACK! Our first Inside-Out class (which brought together incarcerated + non-incarcerated students to take classes in a prison) has been a success! We're fundraising for next year so we can offer 4 classes.
csusb.edu/makeagift/CSCE
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“The Impact of Education and Community Support: Successful Reentry Stories” will be presented at noon, Nov. 4. It is the 3rd program in The Justice Impacted Students Training Series. Details: bit.ly/3GZbfmf
@CSUSBRebound @CSCE_CSUSB #WeDefineTheFuture.
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Important considerations when working with formerly incarcerated students will be the topic of the Justice Impacted Students Training Series’ Oct. 21 program @CSUSBRebound @CSCE_CSUSB #WeDefineTheFuture. Register online. Details: bit.ly/2YKtbzK
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The first of four sessions in the Justice Impacted Students Training Series is “Addressing and Dispelling Myths About Formerly Incarcerated Students,” noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, on Zoom. Details bit.ly/3zx5KWF
@CSUSBRebound @CSCE_CSUSB #WeDefineTheFuture
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1st batch of 320+ applicants to the 8 classes we're offering this fall. A staggering 1 in 4 folks currently incarcerated at CRC initially made requests to apply.
Yusef's & Freddy's graduations undoubtedly contributed to this wave of heightened interest by encouraging...
“I came into this experience with deeply rooted biases that I never realized were so engrained into me…as I have had time to reflect, I realize how deeply engrained and disgusting these stereotypes were” 14/14 tinyurl.com/ywupcf5v
“I began to distance myself from the rigid notions of ‘ethics’ that antagonized incarcerated people; however, I still held onto that firm understanding that the so-called purity of education could rescue the life of an incarcerated person” 13/14 tinyurl.com/jysb5ku6
“You can read about [the prison system]…But that is so far away from the real, human lives that are affected…but when you see it in front of you (even on Zoom) you can feel it” 12/14 tinyurl.com/wzr5ekn7
“Thank you for making me understand that learning can be painful, and that in turn, the things we write can be healing” 11/14 tinyurl.com/3rwv3y5r
“I thought that I knew everything there was to know about myself and my politics…I thought that the fact that I was against the death penalty and that I felt that decriminalizing drugs was proof that I was an ally…I was wrong about everything” 10/14
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“When I grew up I unknowingly became aware about how the carceral system works...I understood that when you grow up, raised by a single mother of 5, a mother who speaks no English, who is undocumented…disaster could happen” 9/14 tinyurl.com/jc8avnfm
“At 23 I was arrested & charged w/felony residential burglary w/a noted enhancement…I had never given much thought to my experiences until an incarcerated co-student shared an emotionally painful desire to be better for her son…” 8/14 tinyurl.com/28v4emcw
“I promise to change the outside of the prison just as much as you guys are changing from within, and I will teach those around me just how much you guys have taught me…” 7/14
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“Smart minds looks down upon and mauled
preying upon minorities schools and faces
change is what is going on behind these brick walls” 6/14
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“Regulation #5: You are entitled to food, clothing
shelter, and medical attention, Anything
else that you get is a privilege…” 5/14
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“eighteen months, a lifetime inside, a lifetime away
an hour away from her child is a lifetime
a day, a year, now he’s older and asks for her...
give her something...
she is heartbroken
broken spirit, broken system…” 4/14
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“You cast this simple request out into the world.
It echoes in my mind.
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
…
I hear you, Savannah.
I see you, Savannah.” 3/14
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