The Prison Education Program recently facilitated our first series of workshops with the women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. We held a two-part academic writing workshop, focused on developing arguments and supporting them with data. As we said in the advertisement, if it has ever felt like there’s a secret formula to good grades on essays…there is, and we’ll teach it.
After the academic writing workshops we brought a larger group of outside student volunteers for a Communications and Public Speaking Workshop. We held quick “elevator pitch” speech practices, activities to share skills and experiences, and closing speeches that involved some anxiety but also deep insights and mutual support. These events always involve a sense of growth and inspiration for the outside folks – we hope this was true for our inside participants as well.
We look forward to our next chance to engage with the women there!