Speaker's Bureau CCF organizes a Speaker's Bureau, which seeks to increase public awareness about the relationship between education and criminal conviction. CCF students have conducted numerous presentations. Recently under the Project ReEnterGrace, a project developed by CCF director Vivian Nixon as a Soros Justice Fellow, the speaker's bureau has engaged in activities that encourage faith-based organizations to advocate for criminal justice policy reform wherever institutional racism, classism, and sexism have caused a disparate negative impact for poor people of color, in particular women. For information about joining the Speaker's Bureau or having a representative speak at your organization contact rmartinez3@gc.cuny.edu
CLEAR Community Leadership and Education after Reentry (CLEAR) aims to articulate leadership approaches, policy and practice recommendations for long-term change for people with criminal convictions. CLEAR members are people with criminal convictions who have obtained college and graduate degrees in or after prison. Most CLEAR members are CCF fellows. CLEAR is co-convened by professor Dr. Patricia Clough and Vivian Nixon. The group receives new members through a yearly invitation and application process. CLEAR is currently planning a joint conference in the fall with the National H.I.R.E Network during which its monograph "Life capacity Beyond Reentry: A Critical Examination of Racism and Prisoner Reentry Reform will be launched. CLEAR hopes to continue writing scholarly articles that articulate the experiences of people with criminal convictions in the context of race, class, gender, and political economy.
Theatre for Social Change (TSC) is a creative way for CCF fellows to develop their own artistic expression and to inform the public about the value of higher education and the broader issues of reentry and criminal justice reform. TSC's latest production "Community of Power" was recently performed at the Graduate Center. To find out how to bring TSC to your organization for a performance, please contact rmartinez3@gc.cuny.edu.
