Evergreen Prison Education Project
Return to Evergreen, Saturday, October 15
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Purce Hall 101
Representatives of the Evergreen Prison Education Project core team will provide a brief overview highlighting the creation of the College’s liberation education, reentry, and resilience network. They will share some of the foundations and values guiding our work and planning taking place in the first few months of this exciting project.
The project overview will be followed by Evergreen Reentry Scholars lead, James Jackson, presenting Mass Incarceration by the Numbers and facilitating a panel featuring formerly incarcerated students and alumni sharing their educational pathways, barriers they faced, barriers they broke, and aha moments.
Livestream this session via Zoom on October 15, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. PST.
Prison Education Team Presenter: Kelli Bush '03
Co-Director of Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP)
Prison Education Team Presenter and Facilitator: James Jackson (JJ) '19
Reentry Scholars Program Facilitator
Prison Education Team Presenter: Anthony Zaragoza Ph.D.
Member of the Faculty
Alumni Speaker: Carolina Landa '19, MPA '21
Assistant Ombuds, Office of the Governor, Office of the Corrections Ombuds
Student Speaker: Jenaro Mathews
Alumni Speaker: La'Keisha "Kewee" Roselle '20
Community CARE Coordinator for Freedom Project WA
Alumni Speaker: Terrance Turner '05
Philosopher, motivational/inspirational speaker, writer, author, spoken word artist/poet
Student Speaker: Andrew Winfree
About Return to Evergreen
Return to Evergreen is the college’s version of homecoming. We gather to honor alumni successes, celebrate alumni impact and the spirit of life-long learning. This event features Evergreen graduates addressing pressing topics and social events to foster community.
Contact
For questions email alumni@evergreen.edu or call (360) 867 - 6300.