Building a Prison-to-University Pipeline through
Recruitment, Retention and Advocacy

 
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RECRUITMENT

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RETENTION

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ADVOCACY

 
View fullsize On this #InternationalWomensDay we're proud to announce a scholarship in honor of our beloved #SylviaBracamonte whose life was tragically taken from us almost a year ago. Sylvia was about liberation, education, love, and action. We honor her by supp
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View fullsize Hey everyone, our student lead organization, Underground scholars, has been working hard to support our fellow cohorts! Understanding the needs of non-traditional students is an ongoing process at Cal but as formerly incarcerated and system impacted
View fullsize Thanks to everyone who has already supported the @shanishayniajshow and nominated a #ScholarOfTheWeek! The first episode is going live right here in less than an hour! Join us and tell a friend!
View fullsize This #GivingTuesday (and every other day of the year) you can invest in the work we're doing to build the prison to university pipeline. Your support helps create transformative opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students! Link
View fullsize 🚨 Formerly Incarcerated Community College Students: Sign up for our Spring Cross Enrollment Program now! Application due Dec. 18. Link in bio. #PleaseShare #Repost #UndergroundScholars
View fullsize 🚨 New Policy Brief: Criminal Background Checks in California Public Higher Education Hiring: A Closer Look From the Perspective of College Graduates With a Criminal Record Congrats to all the scholars who contributed to this important report! Link
View fullsize Check out this new report from the @burnsinstitute which features original research and insights from our student leader, Angela Laureano, and #UndergroundScholars alum, Clarence Ford, advocating to end the use of electronic monitoring (virtual shack
View fullsize Have you checked out our Language Guide? How has it been a helpful tool? Link in bio. #UndergroundScholars #LanguageMatters #UndergroundScholarsWrite
View fullsize Tomorrow afternoon! Join the conversation with @usi.ucsantabarbara and @undergroundscholarsucsc #UndergroundScholars
View fullsize This virtual teach-in addresses calls for campuses to cut ties with local and state police, defund and abolish campus police. What must be done to create a campus that is safe for all people -- especially for Black, Indigenous, undocumented and gende
View fullsize Y'all know we've been telling you to vote HELL NO on Prop 20. Next week were joining the @noonprop20 campaign to host an IG Live session where you'll hear from our leaders about what this proposition would do if passed and why they're voting NO on Pr
 
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January 2022 Newsletter
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Announcing the Underground Scholars Pre-Law Association
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From solitary hell to ‘sacred ground,’ Kevin McCarthy defies the odds
From solitary hell to ‘sacred ground,’ Kevin McCarthy defies the odds

Kevin McCarthy, who spent nine years and four months in solitary confinement, is a new member of the Berkeley student body this fall. “In order to see this day,” he said, “I had to force myself to remain positive during some very frustrating and discouraging times.”

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“There’s no relying on mommy and daddy”: Foster and Formerly Incarcerated Students Share Their Stories With UC Regents
“There’s no relying on mommy and daddy”: Foster and Formerly Incarcerated Students Share Their Stories With UC Regents

President Janet Napolitano and some of her fellow Regents, pictured at an earlier meeting. Nexus file photo

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We celebrate you

 

Berkeley Underground Scholars Jessi Fernandez Commencement Speaker Pasadena City College 2018

Berkeley Underground Scholars: From Incarceration to Education

Berkeley Underground Scholars

 

Berkeley Underground Scholars: From Incarceration to Education

UC Berkeley's 1st graduate ceremony for formerly incarcerated students