Date/Time
Date(s) - October 18, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
University YMCA
Categories
Higher education in prison transforms lives. It produces personal, social, and economic benefits for incarcerated individuals, their families, and the broader society. To achieve its full potential, college-in prison programs must operate under supportive conditions.
The Freedom to Learn Campaign, out of Illinois, calls for clear and fair statewide policies that allow incarcerated students to pursue their studies free from undue interference or interruption of academic and intellectual pursuits. College-in-prison programs must be free to provide their students with safe and dignified learning environments. It is in the public’s interest to protect and expand incarcerated people’s ability to learn, read, think, and grow while serving out their sentences.
Short Bio: Rebecca Ginsburg is director of the Education Justice Project, a comprehensive college-in-prison program that provides academic programs to incarcerated individuals and outreach services to the families of incarcerated people and returning citizens. EJP programs operate in Danville, Champaign, and Chicago, IL.
Co sponsored by UUCUC’s Social Action Committee, this lecture is part of the Fall 2019 Friday Forum Lecture Series, “Womxn Rise Up.” To learn more about the Fall 2019 Friday Forum Lecture series, visit: universityymca.org/friday-forum