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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Angela Davis at Pomona: ‘It’s always been about collaborations, communities, and collectives’
Renowned activist and scholar Angela Davis drew crowds of students, faculty and staff to Bridges Auditorium Tuesday and Thursday evening as she delivered the 2021 Ena H. Thompson lectureship.
‘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.
OPINION: Disillusioned voters should turn to mutual aid
Voting isn’t the only way to spur social change; those disillusioned with politics should turn to mutual aid, writes Gerardo Hurtado PO ‘24.
OPINION: Justice education should be a norm, not an anomaly
After taking part in Justice Education Initiative courses at the 5Cs, Chris Meng PO ’23 urges the implementation of justice courses in K-12.
Pitzer art exhibits emphasize prison reform
Pitzer features “Disruption! Art and the Prison Industrial Complex” and “Ashley Hunt: Degrees of Visibility”
Pitzer to expand inmate education program, begin offering bachelor’s degrees
Pitzer College will begin offering a bachelor’s degree to inmates at the California Rehabilitation Center, expanding an existing program.
5C Students Head Behind Bars For Classes
More than 100 5C students are going to prison next year — for class. As the latest step of a program launched in 2014, Pitzer College will be offering 10 “Inside Out” courses next year — four in the fall semester and six in the spring — which will allow more