Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our mission is to promote the education and empowerment of formerly incarcerated people through a collective community. We do this to address higher education disparity among formerly incarcerated people, relative lack of social capital among this identify group, and a pejorative perception of formerly incarcerated people.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Social Media Community
We operate a social media group exclusively for formerly incarcerated college graduates. These graduates connect, share, inspire, and build one-another's ability to create social change and succeed in their careers.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
* Strengthening social networks of formerly incarcerated people
* Creating spaces for formerly incarcerated people to share and discuss ideas
* Changing social perceptions of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people
* Changing incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people’s views of themselves
* Promoting and supporting prison and post-prison education
* Demonstrating the value of our lived experience
* Advocating for criminal justice policy change
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
*Social media and email networking of formerly incarcerated college graduates
*Regional face-to-face networking of formerly incarcerated college graduates
*Gathering and promoting positive stories of formerly incarcerated college graduates
*Providing support to organizations advocating for prison-based and post-prison higher education
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have an extensive network of formerly incarcerated college graduates and online presence for this network. Our collaborations with prison-based and post-prison higher education organizations has been growing rapidly the past year. However, our face-to-face capacity remains an areas that our growth strategy is focused on. Our network is currently an all-volunteer organization with a board and membership committees carrying out the work. These committees are another focus of our growth strategy.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
SO FAR
*100% growth in membership each of the past 4 years--current membership is 1000+ members across 43 states
*Development of public social media pages for sharing stories about formerly incarcerated college graduates
*Development of a website for sharing stories about formerly incarcerated college graduates, books written by them, and job opportunities for them
*Development of private social media groups to connect formerly incarcerated college graduates and share information within the network
*Sharing of stories about formerly incarcerated college graduates on our public and private social media spaces
*Development of a listserv for formerly incarcerated college graduates
*Development of national convening and speakers bureau committees to enact strategic goals associated with these committees
*Regional BBQ celebrations of formerly incarcerated college graduates in Washington and New Jersey
*Development of collaborative relationships with organizations that advocate for prison-based and post-prison higher education
NEXT
*Development of additional committees to enact other components of our strategic plan
*Expansion of leadership opportunities for members
*Broadening geographic reach the network
*Development of national speakers bureau
*National convening of formerly incarcerated college graduates
*Expansion of BBQ celebrations to other states
*Expansion of collaborative relationships
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Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network
Board of directorsas of 07/09/2019
Dr. Christopher Beasley
University of Washington Tacoma
Term: 2018 - 2021
Susannah Bannon