This week PEP TV Season 5 is being sent out to the 12 prisons in the Oregon state prison system. PEP TV compiles recorded guest lecturers, tutorials, and faculty talks on a broad range of subjects and sends these to all Oregon prisons to be shown on their TV channels. Our intention is that all 12,000+ people who are incarcerated here might access something educational and interesting that strikes a chord or leads to deeper conversations. PEP TV was created early in the pandemic with support from The Mellon Foundation, and we hope will continue to grow over time.
Season 5 includes twenty-two segments with a wide range of topics from budgeting seminars created for our program by the University of Oregon Financial Wellness Center, to academic talks about environmental changes from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and speeches about current events from Jeff Merkley, the United States Senator for Oregon. PEP TV is deeply rooted in the Humanities and a diverse range of topics and perspectives.