香蕉秀

Thursday, April 20; 6-8PM
Devlin Hall

Through the eyes of Boston residents, activists and students from the Clemente Course in the Humanities, A Reckoning in Boston explores connections between the racial wealth gap in Boston, public health, gentrification, and environmental justice.听 After the film screening we will be joined by film co-producer Kafi Dixon, an urban farmer and founder of the Common Good Co-op in Boston.

Ecologies of Justice Conference

Weekly Thursdays: June 2-30 & July 7-14; 3-4:30PM

The event will convene researchers, practitioners, and community leaders who work at the intersection of correctional programs, community-based interventions, and ecological sustainability.听 We will learn together and explore the possibilities of creating environmental opportunities in prisons, jails, and communities impacted by incarceration.

Weekly 90 minute fully online sessions on Thursdays (starting June 2 until July 14) will focus on themes including, ecological conservation, reentry, green workforce development, STEM education and college programs, the healing potentials of people-plant interactions, food and agriculture, developing participatory and collaborative research projects, and program evaluation.听

For questions contact: ecologiesofjustice@gmail.com听

Workshop Series on Nonviolent Communication as a Restorative and Transformative Practice

March 24th, 30th & April 7th; 7-8:15PM

This three-part workshop familiarizes participants with the theory and practice of non-violent communication鈥� as an essential component of more restorative approaches to addressing harm and as a way of life. It offers a general introduction to the theory, history, and practice of non-violent communication through lectures, discussion, and opportunities to practice key skills. Workshop exercises and activities encourage participants to apply non-violent communication principles and strategies to their own personal life and professional practice.

Since I Been Down film screening and discussion

March 1st; 6-9PM

The 2020 documentary film, , presents the stories and achievements of a group of incarcerated leaders who are developing educational opportunities to improve their lives and the wider community from within Washington State prisons. The film will be screened at Boston College on the evening of Tuesday, March 1st. After viewing the film, attendees will join small breakout discussions led by 香蕉秀 students. The screening and discussion will take place Tuesday, March 1, from 6-8:30 pm, in the Heights Room (second floor of Corcoran Commons) and pizza will be served. The event is sponsored by the Sociology Department and the Institute for Liberal Arts at Boston College.

Workshop on Humanistic Interventions in the Context of incarceration and Reentry

December 6

What are some of the individual and social challenges that people and communities impacted by incarceration face? What do humanistic and transformative interventions look like in practice? And how can those in mental health professions, education, policy, and human services best address the personal and systemic contexts that contribute to high rates of incarceration? Through guided discussion, guest presentations, and a concluding exercise during the workshop, plus a supplemental resource list, participants will explore the role of and needs for humanistic interventions in the context of incarceration. Overall, the workshop focuses on introducing the knowledge and capacities necessary for imagining or implementing humanistic interventions.

Workshop on Psychosocial Interventions in the Context of Incarceration

June 3听

What are some of the individual and social challenges that people and communities impacted by incarceration face? What do humanistic and transformative interventions look like in practice? And how can those in mental health professions, education, policy, and human services best address the personal and systemic contexts that contribute to high rates of incarceration? Through guided discussion, guest presentations, and a concluding exercise during the workshop, plus a supplemental resource list, participants will explore the role of and needs for educational and psychosocial interventions in the context of incarceration. Overall, the workshop focuses on introducing the knowledge and capacities necessary for imagining or implementing humanistic interventions.

Forum on Re-Entry

April 12

Join us for a virtual panel discussion, hosted by Inside-Out Program Coordinator, Matt DelSesto.

Each year in the United States, more than 600,000 people are released from federal and state prisons, with an additional 9 million cycling through the nation鈥檚 jails. This forum will address some of the challenges faced by those returning from incarceration. The discussion will explore how individuals and organizations are responding to systemic challenges of this moment and imagining new approaches to community safety.

Stacey Borden (Founder and Executive Director of New Beginnings Reentry Services) and Carl Miranda (Director of Roca Boston) will offer opening remarks, with responses and dialogue facilitated by former participants in the Boston College Inside-Out Program.

This event is made possible through generous support from the Hearst Foundations. It is sponsored by the Boston College Inside-Out Program and Initiative for Community Justice and Engaged Pedagogy.

Workshop on Social and Ecological Infrastructure for听Recidivism Reduction

March 15

This workshop introduces students and professionals to emerging research and practice related to听ecological sustainability initiatives in prisons or communities that are impacted by incarceration.听There has been a growing interest in policies and practices that promote public safety and reduce听recidivism. At the same time, local ecological sustainability initiatives are increasingly common听in communities across the United States. In recent decades, corrections departments, community-based organizations, and educational institutions have brought these ecological and听criminological fields of research, policy, and practice together in new ways. This work takes听many forms, from institutional sustainability initiatives to community greening, therapeutic听horticulture, food justice, permaculture design, recycling protocols, environmental education, and听green jobs training. Some practitioners have been at work for over a decade growing within the听walls of state prisons, county jails, or youth detention centers. Others are building links from听prison gardens to land-based careers on the outside, integrating college credits with agricultural听training, or working with families of incarcerated loved ones and communities impacted by听incarceration.

Moving Beyond the Walls That Separate Us

November 19

Join us for a virtual celebration of the Boston College Inside-Out Program, hosted by Inside-Out Program Coordinator, Matt DelSesto.

The 21st Century has been a time of increasingly global connection, and at the same time, it has brought new political, social, and physical divides that sometimes seem insurmountable.听 One of these divides is the experience of incarceration, where what actually happens within prison walls is hidden from public view while those on the inside have little connection to the outside world.

Since 2018, the Inside-Out Program at Boston College has brought students from the Chestnut Hill Campus to learn together with incarcerated students at the Suffolk County House of Correction. After two full academic years, we look back to see the impacts and role of the Inside-Out Program at these two different institutions. The event will include a keynote presentation from the Temple University Inside-Out Center on the history and philosophy of Inside-Out, remarks from administration at Boston College and Suffolk County Sheriff鈥檚 Department, and reflections from the Program Coordinator and former students. At the conclusion of the event we will officially release a report on the Inside-Out Program: 鈥淎dvancing Transformative Learning Partnerships.鈥澨�

After Prison Education

November 12

Join us for a virtual discussion on prison education within and beyond prison walls, facilitated by Boston College Prison Education Program Director, Dr. Isabel Lane.

Education鈥攎ost especially higher education鈥攈as long been viewed as a cornerstone of American social mobility and opportunity. In response, in part, to the crisis of mass incarceration, both private and state colleges and universities across the United States have increasingly invested in prison education initiatives to give people a chance to begin or complete a college education while incarcerated. At the same time, in the United States more than 95% percent of all people held in state prisons will be released, and almost all of those currently in county jails or houses of correction will soon return to communities. In Massachusetts alone, thousands of people return home from incarceration each year. For these students, college-in-prison programs represent only the beginning in their pursuit of careers or further education.听

Boston College recently launched two initiatives aimed at creating more of these opportunities for incarcerated students in the state of Massachusetts: the Prison Education Program, a Bachelor of Arts degree program at Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Shirley, and an Inside-Out Program at the Suffolk County House of Correction, which both offer credit-bearing Boston College courses. In this context, the After Prison Education virtual discussion will explore what colleges and universities can do to best support students during and after incarceration. It looks at the value of higher education in prison, different models for engaging students through the process of reentry, what program qualities contribute to student success, and how insights and approaches from the Jesuit, Catholic Tradition at Boston College can contribute to this work.听

The听Justice听Inside-Out听Speaker + Film Series听explored perspectives on crime and听justice听from both sides of prison walls. It built on conversations and topics in the Boston College听Inside-Out听Program that have brought together students from Boston College campus and the Suffolk County House of Correction for credit-bearing courses since Fall 2018. This series was generously supported by The Hearst Foundations. It was sponsored by the Boston College听Inside-Out听Program, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Sociology Department, Woods College of Advancing Studies, and the Faith, Peace & Justice听Minor.听