National Conference on Higher Education in Prison

“It's an amazing space. I am completely inspired by people's passion for the work and people's interest in engaging and learning. It's so clear that there's already so much expertise and work that has been done, but there's also new ways to work and new ways of thinking happening here. There are other conferences that might be just folks that only want to get their point across and have their way be seen. It seems like people here are really committed to learning with each other.”

“One thing that I think is just striking is that this conference is larger than ever, and it's got very full program of interesting people. That seems to me to be an incredibly healthy thing for the movement for higher education in prison.”

“There's something really powerful about being together at a professional conference with people who you knew when they were incarcerated and students on the inside. I have that experience more and more -- being on panels or watching people give talks and seeing them connect with other members of the community who they would never have had access to before.”