A panel of faculty, staff, and alumni from the Moreau College Initiative will share their stories of hope and growth as scholars, citizens, leaders, and disciples inside and outside of the classroom.
The Moreau College Initiative (https://www.hcc-nd.edu/moreau-college-initiative) is an academic collaboration between Holy Cross College and the University of Notre Dame, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Correction. College students incarcerated at Westville Correctional Facility earn credits towards a Holy Cross College Associate of Arts (AA) degree. Students who complete the AA degree have the option to seek admission to a Holy Cross Bachelor of Arts degree program either at WCF or, upon release, at the Holy Cross College main campus. Classes are taught by Holy Cross and University of Notre Dame faculty. They are a member of the Bard Prison Initiative (www.bpi.bard.edu) consortium of colleges and universities as seen on the PBS documentary "College Behind Bars."
Panelists will include:
This event will tie into the library's One Book, One Michiana common read initiative (Just Mercy). In 1983 Author Bryan Stevenson, a 23-year-old law student, was starting an internship that involved assisting inmates on Alabama’s death row. This led to Bryan founding the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Civic Engagement |
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