From Prison Cells to PhD
@prison2pro
To help inspire others with similar backgrounds to excel beyond what society and life circumstances have set to be the norm.
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💜 P2P Fam — SAVE THE DATE.
Dec 1, #GivingTuesday#: the Patterson 5K Mommy Stroll.
We show up for mothers coming home and the kids rebuilding beside them.
From Prison Cells to PhD × Light to Life.
Details soon. Stay ready. 💜
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“It is never too late to do good.”
But who gets to define what “good” looks like? A conviction or the person who chose to build something different?
A second chance should have no ceiling:
#SecondChances# #JusticeImpacted# #FromPrisonCellsToPhD#
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From a presidential pardon to a published author! 📚✨
Meet Dr. Kelsie Becklin, co-author of BREAKING CHAINS, at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Nov 7 at St. Paul’s Union Depot. Grab a copy and get inspired:
#TwinCitiesBookFestival# #BreakingChains#
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From prison cells to the classroom. From the classroom to leadership. Now, helping shape the future of higher education.
@Dr_Andrisse has an important announcement at the UHE Speaker Series, Oct. 26 at 1 PM.
Transformation in motion. Tune in!
#UnlockHigherEd# #HigherEducation#
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Maryland is expanding access to Higher Education in Prison! 📚
Join @USMDnews for the 1st Annual HEP Symposium on Nov 19 @TowsonU.
Free event, but capped at 120 (reg. closes Nov 12)!
Register:
#HigherEdInPrison# #SecondChances#
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A degree or credential should lead straight to economic mobility, real careers, and true reentry.
Watch @Dr_Andrisse jump into conversation with @Hunt_Institute on building education systems that prepare people to thrive post-release:
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Lived experience belongs at the table—and in leadership.
Cameron Gregory Walton is helping shape @RiseUpHEP's future.
Hear with @UnlockHigherEd why lived experience, education, and reentry support matter.
#UnlockHigherEd# #RISEUP# #LivedExperience#
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From a presidential pardon to a published author! Dr. Kelsie Becklin is proof our past doesn’t define our future. 💜
Meet the BREAKING CHAINS co-author at the Twin Cities Book Festival, Nov. 7, in Saint Paul!
#BreakingChains# #FromPrisonCellsToPhD#
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What happens when people with lived experience lead the conversation on redemption and second chances?
We brought powerful insights on incarceration, education, and hope to the Mississippi Book Festival.
This is what second chances look like. 💡
#P2P# #MississippiBookFestival#
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Every survivor deserves to be heard. Every community deserves to heal. 💜
Join our P2P Womxn’s Cohort & Light To Life for Healing Across Borders, an interactive dialogue on survivor-led healing & prevention.
📅 Oct 27 | 1:00 PM ET
🔗 Register:
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Powerful stories deserve to be heard. This month, we’re celebrating Mickey, Comms Sup, for amplifying our scholars, sharing their accomplishments, and challenging the narratives that define people by their past instead of their potential.
#P2P# #StaffSpotlight#
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💪 100 men. One powerful story. 🙌
Judith Negron just introduced Breaking Chains to 100 men at the Miami North Dade Reentry Facility—and they're ready to read!
Representation matters. Our past doesn't write the ending.
#BreakingChains# #SecondChances#
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Real change starts with learning—and listening. 📚
Education for Liberation explores how education can transform lives, expand opportunity, and reshape justice. If you believe in second chances, this conversation matters.
#P2P# #EducationForLiberation#
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From prison cells to PhDs, second chances need somewhere to begin. We’ve officially acquired our second transitional home—our very first dedicated to women and their children.
Read the full story:
#P2P# #SecondChances# #Reentry# #HousingIsHope#
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Maryland is uniting leaders, advocates, and justice-impacted students for the University System of Maryland’s first annual Higher Education in Prison Symposium at Towson University on November 19.
#HigherEducationInPrison# #UnlockHigherEd#
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Dive into a massive month for the P2P family, featuring our second transitional home for women and children, the Mississippi Book Festival, and stories that change what's possible.
#FromPrisonCellsToPhD# #HigherEducation# #SecondChances#
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The P2P family is headed to Urbana-Champaign for the inaugural Pathways Convening (Oct 8–10)! Proud to have @Dr_Andrisse speaking on Breaking Chains, Building Futures.
Let's turn access into opportunity!
#FromPrisonCellsToPhD# #EducationJustice#
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Access matters—but so do the pathways that come next: leadership, careers, and economic mobility.
Cameron Gregory Walton brings lived experience to the conversation about what happens after the door opens.
#UnlockHigherEd# #RiseUp# #HigherEducation#
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Before the PhD, there was a prison cell.
In 2021,@Dr_Andrisse shared how a 10-year sentence became a journey to science, education, and leadership.
Five years later, the message still hits: people are more than their worst decision.
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🎓 Huge congratulations to Robert Hall for passing his PhD qualifying exam and becoming a @Stanford PhD candidate!
He’s been named a Science Envoy for Wonderfest, training scientists to share their work with the public.
#Stanford# #PhDJourney#
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