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Rags to Scholarly Riches Talk
- 1. From Rags to Scholarly Riches Christopher R. Beasley, ABD
- 5. Prison
- 7. Harms
- 8. Challenges
- 9. Drive to LTC
- 11. TRiO Tulane Campus Visit Trip
- 12. TRiO Tulane Campus Visit Trip
- 13. LTC Success
- 14. University of Minnesota - Duluth
- 15. University of Minnesota - Duluth
- 19. Key to Success
- 20. RSSG
- 21. Support Programs
- 22. Other Reentry Education Supports
- 24. Policy Advocacy
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Good Afternoon Thanks Ms. Moreno ..Introduction ..work with ISAC Corps members ..helping others entering college Cora Weger Susan Polgar Lara LaCaille, Susan Torres-Harding, Lenny Jason & LaVome Robinson John Arabatgis & Dad
- Support & Unconditional Positive Regard Many Low-Income First-Generation Men Even When...Family Always There Not Always Exemplary Scholar ...probably still not today...lol 15 Years Ago
- Grew Up in Poverty, Full Time, Schizoaffective Harsh in Retrospect, Seemed Normal Not Intimately Knowing Transcend Poverty & College Degree Excelled in Blue Collar but Yearned for Challenge & Reward
- Found Challenge & Prestige in Drug Culture but Arrests Eroded Fragile
- Short Time in Prison before LTC
- Regain Success & Status Seen as Successful Dealer & Manufacturer--Useful & Important
- Began to Notice Harms
- Staying Clean Learning ..Value Scholastic Knowledge ..Study Skills ..Manage Finances Effectively ..Norms of Middle-Class Professional Society ..Network Among Peers & Professionals Confront & Overcome w/ TRiO & Nurturing Mentors
- No Car or License Dad 3hrs/day w/ degenerative spine Evident
- Excited & Confident about Research
- Successful There, then Doctoral
- Current Program--Community Psychology, PhD to Pursue Once Intangible Dream
- Opportunity Helped Flourish ..University CHAC ..Public Policy Advocacy & Teach Community ..Assist Researchers & Lessen Intimidation ..Conduct Own Research & Secure Funding ....Among Current, Fit & Involvement My Responsibility to Seize & Make Most Also Offered Validation for Academic Ability and Sense of Accomplishment
- Obvious from Development, Reintegration & Recovery Aided by Growth However, Reentry Focus on Needs rather than Personal & Professional Growth In Effort to Provide, RSSG
- DESCRIBE RSSG Working with ..Lakeland College ..Education Justice Project More info at Website
- Few Others NYC ..College & Community Fellowship ..College Initiative San Francisco State University ..Project Rebound
- Work by Identity Total Institution ..Incarceration Prime for Encouraging ..However, Federal Pell Funding Not Available Community Colleges & Small-Scale University Initiatives Filling Gap Help Students by ..Supporting Pell Reinstatement ....Already Punished ..Supporting Reentry Education Assistance ....Life’s Mission After Stripping
- You Can Also Help Students by .. Supporting Pell Initiatives - EIO
- You Can Also Help Reduce Recidivism & Encourage Personal & Professional by Targeting Often Low-Income, First-Generation Males in Need of Supports--Family General ..Intimate Advising, Tutoring, Career Development, Prosocial Activities ..Experiences Provide Alternative Living & Leisure Formerly Incarcerated Additional Supports ..Mentors Exemplify Transformation Process ..Post-release Support ..Enrollment, Employment, Housing, Campus Visits Most Importantly, Opportunities & Taking Advantage
- Academic Supports & Mentoring Helped Me Transcend by Providing Many of These Now Have ..4 Publications, 4 in Preparation, Two Book Chapters in Preparation, NIDA Grant, Several Smaller Grants, Number of Professional Presentations More Importantly, Grown Personally & Professionally since Before LTC & TRiO As Finishing & Applying, Looking Back on Academic Path w/ Unexpected Detours to Places Never Dreamed Journey Started w/ LTC & Heavily Influence by Opportunities & Validation of Support Programs Only Hope that, As Future Faculty, Inspire as Mentors Inspired Me Thank You All for What You Do & Best Wishes to Current & Future Students