Defying expectations of who college is for and where it can lead. bpi.bard.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3mnk5gl7swc2nAn emotional & celebratory moment: Through BPI, Allen earned an AA degree from Bard College while incarcerated. He was released & his conviction was overturned in early 2026, & walked during the college's commencement ceremony on Bard's main campus. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZD3x0Hxa1o/?igsh=MW53cjhzY3l1YjdkYg==05 Jun 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnk5gl7swc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3mhc2scndmc2sThank 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.17 Mar 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhc2scndmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3mgps3blduk23"Youth Incarceration is a Public Health Crisis" is a new opinion piece co-authored by BPI alumni Reggie Chatman '21 and José Perez '13 for The Imprint (@imprintnews). Read the full piece at https://imprintnews.org/opinion/youth-incarceration-is-a-public-health-crisis/27188510 Mar 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgps3blduk23https://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lz4pjenf3c2uBPI is tripling your gift! Today, on BPI's 5th Annual Day of Giving, your gift, is being matched twice: first by our generous community partners at the Dermot Company, then again through Bard's endowment matching challenge grant, tripling your gift. bpi.bard.edu/giving18 Sep 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4pjenf3c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lxnmygn5fk2qToday, the New York Times published this exceptional opinion piece by Robert Lee Williams. Incarcerated at Eastern NY Correctional Facility, Robert — in addition to his work as an essayist — is a full-time Bard student enrolled through BPI. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/29/opinion/trees-nature-prison-beauty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iE8.oPzE.duYUyasnan7b&smid=url-share30 Aug 2025 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxnmygn5fk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lshpa4cidc22Opinion: NYC Needs a Mayor Who is Serious About Safety Read the latest op-ed from BPI alum and Co-Director of Freedom Agenda, Darren Mack '13 (@iamdarrenmack.bsky.social), and former Speaker of the NYC Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social https://citylimits.org/opinion-nyc-needs-a-mayor-who-is-serious-about-safety/25 Jun 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshpa4cidc22https://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lsbs6xy7os2mVirtual 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/9542884585523 Jun 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbs6xy7os2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lrxlei3n522lWishing 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.19 Jun 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrxlei3n522lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lojqxdhpv22qVirtual 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: https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MoFqfumEQwOovpUdzSSCwg#/registration06 May 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojqxdhpv22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lmn6qluq7s26This 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, and12 Apr 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmn6qluq7s26https://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3ll7m42o63k2hVenture 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.edu25 Mar 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7m42o63k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lj3rn6zgos23As you likely are aware by now, state prisons in New York have fallen into crisis over the past week. Last Monday, in an action uncoordinated with the union, officers at two upstate prisons walked off the job.26 Feb 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3rn6zgos23https://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3liiit7dcw22iIt's time for Illinois to end the ban on access to financial aid (MAP grants) for incarcerated students. Read the latest coverage of the efforts to restore MAP access, with quotes from BPI's Director of National Engagement, in the link below. #BackOnTheMapIL https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/02/17/illinois-weighs-opening-state-financial-aid-to-students-in-prison19 Feb 2025 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3liiit7dcw22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3leux7ax25s2gThank you, Senator @robertpeters.bsky.social, for sharing your support in getting Illinois #BackOnTheMAP! https://bpi.bard.edu/news-stories/stories/college-map-grants-for-illinois-are-a-sound-investment-in-public-safety/04 Jan 2025 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3leux7ax25s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3ledbnwrus226At BPI, our charge is to find a different way forward. Ensuring that college-in-prison is as ambitious as the students it serves and creating new, unique pathways to college for every kind of student in every pocket of society is what we do — and do, unlike any other institution in America.28 Dec 2024 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ledbnwrus226https://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3ld74p2wvks2cHelp restore MAP funding to incarcerated students in IL by making a few phone calls before the new year, telling Illinois lawmakers to bring HB3740 to a vote! Here’s the info and scripts: https://bpi.bard.edu/beyond/advocacy/back-on-the-map/ #BACKONTHEMAPIL13 Dec 2024 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld74p2wvks2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lcj2lciu7k2dThe BPI Emerging Scholars Research Group presented preliminary findings at the 2024 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Research Conference in November. The paper, “The Effects of College-in-Prison on Social and Civic Engagement,” offered positive results 1/204 Dec 2024 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcj2lciu7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lcfujwaxo22kOn #GivingTuesday, we're giving our gratitude and appreciation to the alumni, students, faculty, and every person who has been a part of BPI over the last 25 years. Join us by continuing to support BPI's work of reimagining the place of higher education, beyond 25. Donate now at bpi.bard.edu/giving03 Dec 2024 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfujwaxo22khttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lbigil5iln2jThe 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/1135421 Nov 2024 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbigil5iln2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lbdd2vmf6t2fIn celebration of its 25th year, BPI invites applications from distinguished scholars for four endowed faculty positions, which are part of BPI’s unprecedented work to build a full-time core faculty for college-in-prison and the Bard Microcolleges. #BardPrisonInitiative #CollegeInPrison https://bpi.bard.edu/news-stories/stories/endowed-faculty-chairs/19 Nov 2024 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdd2vmf6t2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bpi-bard.bsky.social/post/3lbaxxbvt5j25"The Clean Slate Act would help heal generations of those affected by racial injustice." BPI alumnus La-Meik Taylor '23 spoke with CBS Albany about the Clean Slate Act going into effect. https://cbs6albany-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/cbs6albany.com/amp/news/local/la-meik-taylor-finds-new-beginnings-through-nys-clean-slate-act18 Nov 2024 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:kazzwyljkh7vuceirkcopow6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaxxbvt5j25