成功 & 保留

教育改变生活.

This is true not only for people on the outside, but for prisoners as well—especially for prisoners. We come from circumstances where education was either not an option; for most of us, surviving our immediate environment was the only thing we worried about. The greatest irony is that this lack of education is what led us to thinking we had no options.

Prison is one of the most hopeless places; for those of us who face lengthy sentences, even more so. 我们都犯过错误，才有了今天. 但既然我们都来了，接下来会发生什么呢? 当然, 生活不仅仅是无所事事地坐在牢房里等死, 但是多年来, 我们没有希望做得更多. We had nothing that told us there were still possibilities for us to live a productive life. 我们所拥有的只是长期压抑的梦想.

然而，教育改变了这种想法. 它不仅给了我们知识，还改变了我们的观点. It helps us realize the possibility of a better future and that we can still contribute something of substance to society."

——布赖恩·杨/鹈鹕湾学者

项目的亮点

• 28 迪安’s List and 50 President’s Honor Roll students during Fall 2021
• Serving two level IV and one level II facilities within Pelican Bay State Prison.
• 学生注册1-5门课程(3-17门).5个单元)每学期.

我们为学生提供:

• Individualized educational planning, financial aid and college transfer preparation assistance.
• 一个动手学习的环境与材料和支持实验室.
• Opportunities to emerge as leaders within the learning environment.
• Workshops with guest speakers to connect and learn about professions, 克服障碍, university transfer and appropriate eng年龄ment in professional environments.

课程:

组别及职员

2019年毕业生

大卫阮
我的父母一直希望我和我的兄弟姐妹接受教育. 因为在越南的时候机会实在太少了, they thought that living in America would give us a chance at a better life. For a while, it seemed that my parents’ dream was just that—a dream. 

I began my journey in the fall of 2015 as one of the handful of students to start CR’s 鹈鹕湾学者 pilot program, and I’ve watched it grow from a tentative one class a semester to a full-fledged college program that runs yearlong; classes are begin offered from morning to night and students now have the privilege of taking on full schedules, 如果他们选择的话. It’s this choice that gives the real college experience; it’s this choice that makes us feel like we’re no longer prisoners, 但是实际的学生. I remember the many nights when my friend K and I would walk back to the unit and talk about all we learned and the possibilities of what our futures could be like if we continued to take advant年龄 of what CR was providing. 

Thanks to CR, I can now say that my parents’ dream is no longer just a dream. 

拉里维氏

教育一直是我的夙愿. 我相信一个人要想做得更好，就必须懂得更多. 

对我来说, coming to prison as a child forced me to live with the bad choices I made to get me here, 其中之一就是辍学. Being given an opportunity to acquire my associated degree through the CR 鹈鹕湾学者 program as an opportunity of a lifetime. A degree in behavioral and social science not only gives me the tools I need to transform myself into a better person it puts me in position to make positive contributions to my family, 社区和社会作为一个整体. It’s a high point in my progress towards rehabilitation through education. With the knowledge I have obtained while pursuing my degree I am certain I will not exit prison as a criminal but as a college educated man with a purpose and for that privilege I am forever grateful!

历史

The CR 鹈鹕湾学者 program began in 2015 with non-credit 数学 and 英语 preparatory classes.  

During the Spring 2016 semester 21 students enrolled in the first “for credit” course; as of Fall 2019, over 300 students are enrolled in one or more of the 40 course offerings.

从2022年春季学期开始, the program continues to serves over 400 students and has issued 94 Associate Degrees.

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联系信息

 罗里·约翰逊，马萨诸塞州
迪安

 707.465.2310

 托里·伊格尔斯，CR鹈鹕湾学者经理

 707.465.2326

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