The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell-prison-education-program/)
Jodi Anderson Jr. took classes through the Cornell Prison Education Program that helped him become a Stanford graduate and business founder that aims to provide incarcerated individuals employment opportunities.
Although classes being conducted by Cornell’s Prison Education Program have been put on hold, the organization has shifted their focus to making sure inmates are provided with proper health equipment during the pandemic.
Although classes being conducted by Cornell’s Prison Education Program have been put on hold, the organization has shifted their focus to making sure inmates are provided with proper health equipment during the pandemic.
Van Dyke was introduced to the world of acting by her father, Willard Van Dyke, a highly respected photographer and filmmaker, and her mother, Mary Barnett Van Dyke, a professor at the Yale School of Drama.
The program hopes to use the awarded grant to pursue its dual-ended goals, seeking to benefit both the incarcerated students and the participating professors, graduate students, and undergraduate volunteers of the Cornell community.
CPEP will receive $750 thousand from the state government but the University has not disclosed the precise allocation of the received grant yet.“
Where the exact dollar ends up is not always the most exciting thing to find out,” Rob Scott, director of Cornell’s Prison Education Program said.
“In your next panel, you need black voices like mine, or you will intellectualize the shit out of this,” said audience member Khalil Bey. “All the economics is fine, but we need concrete changes.”