PURSUING JUSTICE

Prison University Project began at San Quentin in 1996 in a trailer with 2 volunteer instructors, donated textbooks and no budget. Over time, several thousand inmates have participated, many earning Associate Degrees. Now P.U.P. has become Mt. Tamalpais College, an independent accredited college inside the prison. Our guests are the President of Mt. Tam College {Jody Lewen} and a graduate of P.U.P...

Prison University Project began at San Quentin in 1996 in a trailer with 2 volunteer instructors, donated textbooks and no budget. Over time, several thousand inmates have participated, many earning Associate Degrees. Now P.U.P. has become Mt. Tamalpais College, an independent accredited college inside the prison. Our guests are the President of Mt. Tam College {Jody Lewen} and a graduate of P.U.P...

Our focus  is  a higher education program inside 2  prisons in  Maryland: a women’s facility and a men’s.  Our guests are: Eliza Cornejo, Executive Director of the partnership and Ramieka Robinson-Peoples, a former GPEP student finishing her B.A. at Goucher.

Our focus  is  a higher education program inside 2  prisons in  Maryland: a women’s facility and a men’s.  Our guests are: Eliza Cornejo, Executive Director of the partnership and Ramieka Robinson-Peoples, a former GPEP student finishing her B.A. at Goucher.

Huwe Burton Spent 18 years in Prison from Age 16-34 for a crime he did not commit.

Huwe Burton Spent 18 years in Prison from Age 16-34 for a crime he did not commit.

Our podcast   will feature one of three authors of a 66 page article appearing in the Northwestern Law Review published in October 2021. Rachel Lopez is an Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. The theme of the article is the question of redemption. Life Without Parole is essentially  Death By Incarceration,  sending the message that those accused of serious crimes a...

 The article “Redeeming Justice” discussing the  right  to redemption for people serving a Life Without Parole sentence has  garnered much attention in legal circles. A number of advocates have brought several legal complaints that address this right. Astha Sharma Pokharel will discuss a complaint to the United Nations (to be filed on September 15, 2022) alleging that the United States is committi...

 Kempis Songster, aKa Ghani, is a founding member of Right To Redemption Committee and the Coalition to abolish Death By Incarceration.  He is also co-founder and director of Ubuntu Philadelphia. Since his release in 2017 after 30 years in prison, starting when he was 15 years Old, Ghani has emerged as a leader in Philadelphia’s movement to end mass incarceration and to create restorative response...

 Kempis Songster, aKa Ghani, is a founding member of Right To Redemption Committee and the Coalition to abolish Death By Incarceration.  He is also co-founder and director of Ubuntu Philadelphia. Since his release in 2017 after 30 years in prison, starting when he was 15 years Old, Ghani has emerged as a leader in Philadelphia’s movement to end mass incarceration and to create restorative response...

Leticia Longaria-Navarro: director of The PATHfinder Network in Portland, Oregon. Victor Trillo; Victor leads a club at Parkrose H.S. in Portland for kids impacted by incarceration in their families. He spent 20+ years in prison.

Leticia Longaria-Navarro: director of The PATHfinder Network in Portland, Oregon. Victor Trillo; Victor leads a club at Parkrose H.S. in Portland for kids impacted by incarceration in their families. He spent 20+ years in prison.

Allison Langer is a Writing Coach, Author, and a Co-Producer of Podcast - " Writing Class Radio". Andrea Askowitz is a Author and Co-Producer and Co-Host of " Writing Class Radio".

Allison Langer is a Writing Coach, Author, and a Co-Producer of Podcast - " Writing Class Radio". Andrea Askowitz is a Author and Co-Producer and Co-Host of " Writing Class Radio".

Andrea Elliott has just won her second Pulitzer Prize for  Invisible Child , a book about a homeless family of 10 living in one room in a shelter in Brooklyn. The book is a portrait of poverty, addiction and how we address homelessness in this country. The main focus of the book is the oldest child named Dasani. We watch her grow up beginning at age 11 over a period of 8 years. Elliott won her fir...