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Engaged Opportunity Grants

Service Partnership with Prisoner Express

Building community among first-year students through collaboration, service and critical reflection about social change

America’s mass incarceration rate has risen to levels that surpass any other developed country in the world. The Tatkon Center for First-Year Students is collaborating with Prisoner Express to raise awareness of this issue while promoting community service and educational exploration among new Cornell students. At volunteer work parties with the nonprofit, students will package and ship books to incarcerated people across the country. The service work will be augmented with lectures from expert faculty, discussions with the Prisoner Express director, and info sessions about related Cornell opportunities such as the Cornell Prison Education Program and the Crime, Prisons, Education and Justice minor.

Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Arts, Communication, Media and Design; Education; Law, Government and Policy

The Team

  • Margherita Fabrizio, Campus & Community Engagement - New Student Programs

    Student and Campus Life

  • Amber Bjerre

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Kemi Adewalure

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Diana Ceron

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Penelope Campos

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Community partner:  Prisoner Express

Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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