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. 

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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. 

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