Pitzer College President Strom Thacker announced the college’s new strategic vision in an email to the student body on Jan. 20, outlining changes to Pitzer’s priorities and investments that will be implemented over the next five to ten years. The plan is driven by four central goals: “catalyzing bold, fearless learning, expanding student access, community-building and growing resources,” according to Pitzer’s website.
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Pitzer’s fourth cohort reflects on their journey with the Inside-Out B.A. Program
This May, the fourth cohort of Pitzer College’s Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA program will graduate with degrees in Organizational Studies, having completed their education in the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco. As incarcerated students, they have built a community of learning, care and transformation, bridging the distance between inside and outside through meaningful relationships and shared purpose.
‘Inside-Out as a Model for Constructive Dialogue’: Pitzer students and faculty discuss prison exchange program
On April 22, Pitzer College hosted a panel discussion titled “Inside-Out as a Model for Constructive Dialogue,” celebrating ten years of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
Before Inside-Out and PAYS, Danny Wilks PO ’71 brought activism into the community
Teaching partnerships between incarcerated people in California and the 5Cs might seem like a recent development. But in the late 1960s, student members of Pomona College’s Black Studies Center developed an educational program for prisoners in Chino, led by BSU founder Danny Wilks PO ’71.
5C Prison Abolition Collective campaigns against ‘inhumane conditions’ at California Institution for Women
After receiving reports of water contamination and lackluster COVID-19 response protocols at the California Institution for Women, the 5C Prison Abolition Collective helped organize a ‘blitz’ campaign earlier this month to raise awareness and call for action.
Formerly incarcerated choreographers recreate virtual performances on Scripps’ campus
The on-campus performance of “Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic” united formerly and currently incarcerated choreographers, professional dancers and about 200 members of the Claremont community on Saturday.
Pitzer Student Senate endorses amendment to create representative position for current, previously incarcerated students
Pitzer College Student Senate unanimously endorsed an amendment to its constitution that would create a representative position for current and previously incarcerated Pitzer students.
‘I always feel free when I dance’: Incarcerated choreographers enchant in dance film directed by Scripps College professor
As part of her residency inside the California Rehabilitation Center, Scripps College dance professor Suchi Branfman directed a short film featuring the dances of incarcerated choreographers.
Incarcerated students flourish in online Inside-Out program despite tech difficulties
Through Pitzer’s Inside-Out program, currently incarcerated students are seeking degrees while participating in progressive classes with other 5C students.
Pitzer launches nation’s first path to bachelor’s degree for incarcerated students based on Inside-Out curriculum
Pitzer College and the Claremont Colleges Justice Education Initiative launched the nation’s first in-prison bachelor’s degree program for currently incarcerated students in a virtual nationwide launch event Dec. 10.