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Bard Prison Initiative

@bpi-bard.bsky.social

Defying expectations of who college is for and where it can lead. bpi.bard.edu

Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Thank you, Amy Kapczynski, for mentioning BPI and the Bard Microcolleges in your blog on @knightcolumbia.org about "The People's College," a proposal that seeks to "[imagine] and [build] stronger institutions and collectives" across higher ed.

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Virtual Event: BPI alum and Project Lead for Upstate Reentry and Capital Region Initiatives, Shawn Young '19, will be speaking in a webinar this Thursday, 6/26, along with our partners at @incarcernation.com. Register at zoom.us/j/95428845855

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Wishing you a powerful and meaningful Juneteenth. Join us today in reflecting on freedom, education, and what is possible when we reimagine who is deserving of access and opportunity in America.

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Virtual Event: On 5/12 at 12, join BPI founder and Executive Director, Max Kenner, for a discussion on the state of play in New York’s prisons after the labor stoppages, the field of college-in-prison in NY, and goals for BPI in this new context. Register at: bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This weekend BPI was at Morehouse College where alumnus and faculty member Elías Beltrán '17 met with the HEP faculty steering committee, guest lectured in several classes on campus, and

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Venture toward a college education and apply now to the Bard Microcolleges in NYC, full-tuition-scholarship associate degree programs in Brooklyn and Harlem. All you need to apply is a high school diploma or its equivalent. Sign up for a writing session and apply today at microcollege.bard.edu

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

showing how college-in-prison increases voting & civic life for alumni and extends to their families’ as well. The researchers are: Hancy Maxis ’15, MPH, Anibal Cortes ’08, MPH, Robert Riggs ’10, MA, MPhil, Rodney Spivey-Jones ’17, Matthew Denney, Ph.D., Hannah Henry, & Robert Tynes, Ph.D. 2/2

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Bard Prison Initiative @bpi-bard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Higher Education Program in the Andrew Young Center at Morehouse College and the Bard Prison Initiative are pleased to announce the establishment of a Faculty Fellowship to support the development of Morehouse degree opportunities in prison. morehouse.peopleadmin.com/postings/11354

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