Danny Murillo shares his story with Option B, an organization helping people build resilience and find meaning in the Face of Adversity.
Berkeley Underground Scholars Program Director Violeta Alvarez and Co-founders Danny Murillo and Steven Czifra
Underground Scholar Clarence Ford Featured in the East Bay Times
Underground Scholar Clarence Ford was recently featured in the East Bay Times:
East Bay Times: Leaving the Berkeley Street Life Behind for Law School
Underground Scholars Featured in GQ
Read about current and former Underground Scholars featured in story on solitary confinement in GQ: Buried Alive: Stories from Inside Solitary Confinement
Danny Murillo, photo by Dan Winters
BUS founders on NPR
Listen to Danny Murillo and Steven Czifra, the founders of Berkeley Underground Scholars, on NPR's All Things Considered by clicking here!
BUS featured in The New Yorker
Underground Scholars share their stories in December's issue of The New Yorker:
BUS Founders named as 2016 Soros Justice Fellows
The two founders of Underground Scholars, Steven Czifra and Danny Murillo, were both named 2016 Soros Justice Fellows by the Open Society Foundations. The Foundation oversees and sponsors the fellows to challenge problems with the U.S. criminal justice system and push for change.
‘Steven Czifra will help formerly incarcerated community college students reach their full academic and professional potential by creating a pathway for admission to the University of California, Berkeley.’
‘Danny Murillo will work to empower formerly incarcerated students by creating a network of people throughout California who have successfully made the transition from incarceration to higher education.’
BUS helps Ban the Box at Berkeley
Underground Scholars played a key role in helping to push UC Berkeley to Ban the Box, an initiative by All of Us or None to remove questions about past convictions on job applications. The new policy went into effect May 1st. Read more in a Berkeley News article here: