Weblog for PPEP http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:04:49 +0100 Blue Utopia (info@blueutopia.com) http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=15 November 14th 700 pm at AMC Pacific Place 11 Seattle. gtnbspPURCHASE TICKETSLemon Andersen - From three-time felon to poet playwright and Tony Award winner Poets carry messages from our communities that often get overlooked. Sometimes painful sometimes joyful but always truthful the great poets are respected as the most important Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:04:18 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=14 Elizabeth ReidnbspOur featured student for summer 2012 is Elizabeth Reid. nbspElizabeth has been a student in the Post-Prison Education Program since May 2011. nbspShe is thenbsprecipient of the 2012 Martin Achievement Scholarship and contributing author in Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Harvard Education PressBelow Elizabeth tells us her storyMy name is Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:01:06 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=13 Hello FriendsnbspMy name is Dawn Vrentas. I am currently attending school at the University of Washington working to obtain my Masters degree in Social Work. My desire to pursue a career in the field of social work was sparked after my experience inside the Washington State Correctional Center for Women. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:33:50 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=12 The Post-Prison Education Program is excited to publish its Summer 2012 Newsletter. nbspRead about the accomplishments of our students and the stories of the lives we touch. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:11:19 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=10 Just one year ago I was sitting in the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women finishing a five year state sentence. nbspI was also facing sentencing on related federal charges.Today I am reunited with my family have healthy friends and I am in my second quarter of college with a Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:15:59 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=8 The Post-Prison Education Program has just published the second ever Quarterly Newsletter - Winter 2012 IssueIn this issue you will find our holiday seasons ask and meet another one of our Board Members Additionally read about the amazing work of one of our students our partnership with Seattle Symphony and Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:42:39 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=7 On Tuesday October 25th 2011 the Post-Prison Education Program took a Seattle Symphony musician Stephen Bryant and his wife along with Program volunteers and guests inside one of the prisons at Monroe Correctional Complex. The musicians arrived with three violins and a viola. They played a series of short duets Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:44:11 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=6 On Thursday October 13 2011 over 600 people attended one of the largest events produced by the Post-Prison Education Program at Seattle Town Hall Inequality in the Age of Mass Incarceration.Harvard Professor Bruce Westerns keynote presentation on racial and economic disparities arising from the unjust and systematic incarceration of poor Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:20:06 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=5 Rotary Club of Sumner awarded a 500 scholarship to Shelly Klier a student in the Post-Prison Education Program.The Rotary Club of Sumner is proud to award their second annual Post-Prison Education Program scholarship to Shelly Klier.Rotary Club of Sumner was founded in 1926.nbsp Meetings are held every Tuesday for lunch Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:37:54 +0100 http://postprisonedu.org/index.php?page=blog&full=4 Mens Wearhouse selected the Post-Prison Education Program and United Way to be a part of their National Suit drive last month.Check out pictures here Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:15:03 +0100