Today is Ducks Give – a day when alumni and friends of the UO come together to raise funds to support programs across campus – and the UO Prison Education Program is participating for the third year!
What have we done this year?
- Held 6 Inside-Out classes and 19 other classes
- Brought over 90 UO campus-based students, faculty, and staff into classes in the prisons, and served over 450 incarcerated people
- Celebrated another two additional people completing their Bachelor’s Degrees while incarcerated
- Expanded our network of partnerships on campus and in the community
Our work changes lives. We hope you will support us as we expand, deepen, and innovate our programs. Help us continue to grow with a gift to the Prison Education Program today.
Current fundraising efforts:
- Providing new support for people re-entering the community
- Purchasing graphing calculators for students at the Oregon State Penitentiary
- Support for our 6 continuing interns, and the 4 we will select next week (!)
- Purchasing books for classes
Share this email with your network and encourage them to do the same, then watch the page for updates in real time, as we grow our family of supporters. Together, we will empower individuals to learn, lead, and contribute to the community through the Prison Education Program.
Thank you!
Educational opportunities inside Oregon prisons and in the community