Social Media is Abuzz Over BPI and College Behind Bars!
11/25/2019We have been deeply moved by the incredible response to College Behind Bars and to BPI alumni coming in from across social media.
Add #CollegeBehindBarsPBS to your must watch list! It is a marvelous new film by @KenBurns, @LynnNovick, and @sbotstein! You can find it online here: https://t.co/nSf8xn7SQ6 https://t.co/i4fH55m5kI
— Henry Louis Gates Jr (@HenryLouisGates) November 26, 2019
“There are two kinds of education in this country. One for those who will rule, and one for everyone else.”#CollegeBehindBarsPBS brilliant.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 26, 2019
I was lucky enough to get to see this already and it is beyond spectacular. I highly recommend #CollegeBehindBarsPBS https://t.co/7YjDENLFb6
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) November 26, 2019
Tonight 👊🏾 9/8c on @pbs. See Giovannie’s story of redemption. Everyone deserves an education. Tune in! #collegebehindbarspbs https://t.co/pGrnkasyli
— Malcolm Jenkins (@MalcolmJenkins) November 25, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS is perhaps one of the best documentaries that I’ve seen about criminal justice in the past 5 years. I thought it was incredibly well done in all ways.
It premieres on Monday 9/8. 2 parts. 4 hours. https://t.co/07LsqN4Wrx
— deray (@deray) November 21, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS airs TODAY on @PBS & shows us what is possible when we pursue restoration over retribution.
Tune in for an unparalleled look inside @BPIBard, one of the most rigorous & challenging #CollegeInPrison programs. Learn how to watch here: https://t.co/032ykoD8Ho pic.twitter.com/7VDjoXbdkb
— Bobby L. Rush (@RepBobbyRush) November 25, 2019
I watched the series and cried a lot. It’s a compelling story about perseverance, opportunity, and the importance of second chances. Because we are not our lowest moments, our worst mistakes, our biggest regrets.#CollegeBehindBarsPBS#REALAct #PellYes https://t.co/puV6x05QAe
— Trelaine (@trelaineito) November 25, 2019
this was one of the best things i’ve seen in years. it comes on tonight, and I truly cannot recommend it highly enough. https://t.co/wWgXl7Hv8g
— josie duffy rice (@jduffyrice) November 25, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS airs today on @PBS– please check it out!
Virtually everyone we incarcerate will eventually get out.
The best thing we can do for them- and their families- is to make sure they return to society better educated and ready to contribute to their community.— Arne Duncan (@arneduncan) November 25, 2019
Do not miss #CollegeBehindBarsPBS tonight – these students are some of the most articulate and deepest thinkers on our prison system and education you will ever hear – you can also hear my interview w/ @LynnNovick & @BPIBard alum @bm_mansamusa on current Ep of Criminal Injustice https://t.co/wA78N13xFq
— David Harris (@dharrislawprof) November 25, 2019
What we’re watching at ITHAKA this week: #CollegeBehindBarsPBS. Our @JSTOR team has been working with @BPIBard for years to provide students with the library resources they need to succeed. We encourage others to tune in to learn about the power of #highered to change lives. https://t.co/pVCFY7CbCL
— ITHAKA (@ITHAKA_org) November 27, 2019
I had the privilege of judging the debate btwn @BPIBard and @Harvard, ft. in pt 4 of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS. Scholars like @DyjuanTatro are why I so strongly believe in this mission and am working to build the @TexasPrisonEd program here at UT Austin.
— Lindsay Bing (@linds_bing) November 26, 2019
ICYMI: @LynnNovick and Jule Hall, @BPIBard alumnus and program associate at @FordFoundation, joined to talk about #CollegeBehindBarsPBS, airing TONIGHT on @PBS at 9/8c. https://t.co/HszEIyVm83
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 25, 2019
Every once in a while I have a good idea.
So glad you made it happen! https://t.co/34n0wmOjhi— Arne Duncan (@arneduncan) November 25, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS—a four-part documentary film series that tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women in @BPIBard, one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the nation—premieres tonight on @PBS. https://t.co/8xyBihn92h
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) November 25, 2019
We were lucky to preview some of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS at the #SmartOnCrime Innovations Conference in Sept. It’s premiering tonight at 9/8c and well worth your time! pic.twitter.com/XBhOhCp76I
— Smart On Crime (@SmartOnCrimeUS) November 25, 2019
Everyone should watch “College Behind Bars,” premiering Monday on @PBS. I had a great conversation with the director, @LynnNovick, and Jule Hall, who features in the film:https://t.co/FCHQGzRyjF
— Sam Harris (@SamHarrisOrg) November 23, 2019
If you teach #SocialStudies #History #Government #civics #HighSchool you don’t want to miss this show. There will be free #curriculum on @PBS to help you bring these topics to your students. @BPIBard @BardCollege https://t.co/6JOgqGff5K
— Laura Bradley (@LAMBRADLEY) November 25, 2019
By far the must impactful moment of my life as a musician was performing for individuals at Eastern Correctional in 2011 & 2012. I’ll never forget the energy, the excitement, or the engagement of that audience. My ears were opened each time. @BPIBard doing great work.
— Christopher Carroll (@trombacarroll) November 25, 2019
@maxkenner & @BPIBard —-congratulations! https://t.co/ZskPsO9MrQ
— Gerard Robinson (@gerard_924) November 25, 2019
A lot of buzz ahead of tonight’s premier of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS on @PBS, a film by @LynnNovick about @BPIBard. @JustinBrannan wrote about the program earlier this year:
Dominating Harvard, and Redemption https://t.co/mrGqzd26gk
Access to higher ed means a lot more than just a college degree for men & women in prison. Congrats to @DyjuanTatro & @LynnNovick for their work here. Hope everyone can tune in tomorrow to watch this inspirational story about @BPIBard for themselves. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS https://t.co/LzH4yt7iRp
— Sean Patrick Maloney (@RepSeanMaloney) November 25, 2019
Allow me to share with you all the happiest day of my life…Please tune in this Monday and Tuesday at 9pm on @PBS to see this powerful documentary that challenges us to rethink the place of higher education. #collegebehindbarspbs @lynnnovick @sarahbotstein @kenburnspbs @BPIBard pic.twitter.com/zS7BMpZ1Yt
— Giovannie H. (@Giioohhhh) November 22, 2019
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) November 25, 2019
TODAY: Going to college in a maximum security prison. The new @pbs doc ‘College Behind Bars’ tells the story of prisoners earning degrees from @BardCollege while serving their time. We’ll talk with director @LynnNovick and 2 graduates from the program.
— Fresh Air (@nprfreshair) November 25, 2019
.@PBS is airing a new documentary (#CollegeBehindBarsPBS) about @BPIBard, exploring the power of education to transform lives while giving a second chance to people in prison. https://t.co/Bqc7xe5uzC
— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) November 25, 2019
We are excited to watch @PBS College Behind Bars. Based on the trailer at least one of @nytsem‘s graduates is in there! We are the only graduate degree available to the men at Sing Sing after they get their BA. https://t.co/w9m41dZ7cG
— nytsem (@nytsem) November 25, 2019
🙌Nov. 25th on @PBS #CollegeBehindBarsPBS follows a group of @BPIBard students working to earn degrees in prison and defying common expectations of who college is for and where it might lead.
These are the innovations we need. Learn how to watch: #DemCasthttps://t.co/jofhAKcVdm
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 #DemCast (@DemWrite) November 25, 2019
The #CollegeBehindBarsPBS doc airs TONIGHT on @PBS! Congratulations to everyone who worked on this incredible film that’s shining a light on the invaluable impact that education in prison can have. We all deserve the opportunity to thrive. @DyjuanTatro @BPIBard @BardCollege https://t.co/sZt7AopOpI
— GOSO (@GOSONYC) November 25, 2019
Alexander Hall of @BPIBard writes: Some of my proudest accomplishments happened in prison. How should I talk about them? https://t.co/Au0ZvOxstP
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) November 25, 2019
I could not be more proud on my fellow @BardCollege alumni Alex Hall for writing such penetrating op-ed on the need for more programs like @BPIBard, which help formerly incarcerated men/women transition back into society. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS airs tonight on @PBS. 🎥:@LynnNovick pic.twitter.com/Gal9RL5w7x
— Dyjuan Tatro (@DyjuanTatro) November 25, 2019
I got a sneak preview of the astonishing and deeply moving #CollegeBehindBarsPBS (directed by @LynnNovick and produced by @KenBurns) which airs tonight and tomorrow on @PBS at 9/8c. Don’t miss it. @BPIBard https://t.co/M8vA3DTsE4
— Josh Radnor (@JoshRadnor) November 25, 2019
Every clip I’ve seen has left me wanting to see more. Can’t wait to see this powerful film in its entirety. @BPIBard @IHEPTweets #CollegeBehindBarsPBS #pellyes https://t.co/BOYFmDWtNR
— Julie Ajinkya (@JulieAjinkya) November 25, 2019
Tune in! Today on @PBS, #CollegeBehindBarsPBS follows a group of @BPIBard students earning degrees in one of the most challenging and rigorous #CollegeInPrison programs in the US. 📽by @LynnNovick & @KenBurns. Learn how to watch: https://t.co/ZX6Hcaq5kK
— Office of the Public Advocate (@nycpa) November 25, 2019
Make sure to watch #CollegeBehindBarsPBS – the story of @BPIBard Alumni – tonight on @PBS. You can find your local channel here: https://t.co/7nGerGhW14
— Art for Justice Fund (@Art4JusticeFund) November 25, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS airs TODAY on @PBS. Tune in for an unprecedented look inside @BPIBard, one of the most rigorous and challenging #CollegeInPrison programs in the country. #BardPrisonInitiative #PellYes
Learn how to watch here: https://t.co/5evEG220Wr— Alysia Reiner (@alysiareiner) November 25, 2019
TONIGHT AT 9PM is the PREMIERE of “College Behind Bars” on @PBS. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS follows a group of @BPIBard students working to earn degrees in prison & confronting the purpose of both education and incarceration.
Watch on PBS/stream online: https://t.co/kk5tqtDo88 pic.twitter.com/7ym6sy2iAG
— Institute for Justice Research & Development (@ijrd_fsu) November 25, 2019
“We are here because of the compelling stories of those that have been impacted & the fact that their stories of transformations & impacts aren’t exceptions, they are the norm,”-@TiffanyJonesPhD of @EdTrust #SecondChancePell https://t.co/gwvYoQkdRc
— John King (@JohnBKing) November 22, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS airs TODAY on @PBS & shows us what is possible when we pursue restoration over retribution.
Tune in for an unparalleled look inside @BPIBard, one of the most rigorous & challenging #CollegeInPrison programs. Learn how to watch here: https://t.co/032ykoD8Ho pic.twitter.com/7VDjoXbdkb
Today was the first time listening to an @nprfreshair interview I’d recorded moved me to tears. Sebastian Yoon, @DyjuanTatro & @LynnNovick talk about College Behind Bars, airing tonight on PBS https://t.co/OihnTWUvhr
— Dave Davies (@DaveDaviesWHYY) November 25, 2019
Filmmakers @KenBurns, @LynnNovick, and @sbotstein present #CollegeBehindBarsPBS, airing on @PBS tonight & tomorrow at 9/8c. Tune in or stream the link below to see the power of education transform lives & give a second chance to men & women behind bars. https://t.co/TPWN6F9sYe
— PlayersCoalition (@playercoalition) November 25, 2019
So proud of my friend @dyjuantatro and the amazing #CollegeBehindBarsPBS film. This is a chance to hear from directly impacted people on the amazing work they’re doing with @BPIBard https://t.co/FyZYFMYwwx pic.twitter.com/aafqLKSoTN
— NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) November 26, 2019
I was honored to host a screening of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS Tues. at @ApolloTheater with some of the amazing @BPIBard students in the film and the filmmakers behind it: @LynnNovick, @sbotstein, & @KenBurns. Everyone deserves an education. Tune in on @PBS airing/streaming Nov. 25 pic.twitter.com/ZsNjmv9fiz
— Malcolm Jenkins (@MalcolmJenkins) November 14, 2019
I went to Bard. Every year there are a handful of BPI graduates that walk during the undergraduate commencement.
The applause and furvor from the crowd ALWAYS shakes the tentposts. No other single graduate gets that kind of reception. It makes me so proud
— Ben Ellman 🦃 (@heybellman) November 26, 2019
In the College Behind Bars documentary about @BPIBard, it was striking to hear a student say that he was learning words for systems he’s always been aware of but just didn’t know how to name, like hegemony. One of many reasons education in prison (and everywhere) is vital.
— Jean Maguire (@MaguireJeanE) November 26, 2019
The most compelling hours of television I’ve seen in at least a decade was the first half of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS, which aired tonight. Grateful for all who shared their stories, the filmmakers, and higher education programs like @BPIBard #highered https://t.co/xDUHPeZ4e3
— Nicole F. Tong (@NFTong) November 26, 2019
#collegebehindbarsPBS Best show I’ve seen in a long time. Very informative. I am so invested in each and every story. Everyone should remember. These are people. Their lives matter and @BPIBard is making a difference. Happy I stumbled upon this!
— Owen Jerome Mitchell (@owenjerome) November 26, 2019
College Behind Bars is a heartbreakingly necessary docuseries, really puts higher education in a very new light
— heavy metal football 🤘 (@eamonator) November 26, 2019
As we reevaluate how criminal justice should work, @BPIBard alumni are a powerful example of what’s possible when we invest in people while they are incarcerated. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS https://t.co/agZJMsGeEo
— Justin Brannan (@JustinBrannan) November 26, 2019
In awe and tears at the genius and promise of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS @detroitpublictv. So proud to be in education: If this is what higher ed is capable of, well then, let’s #keepitmoving and change the world 100 minds at a time. #whynot #Believe pic.twitter.com/ntgP0HDMHo
— Doc T (@DocTscigirl) November 26, 2019
I’m so PROUD the @NYCCouncil allocated funding to support the great work of @BPIBard and its #CollegeBehindBars program serving in six NYS prisons. Earlier this year, joined Colleagues @JumaaneWilliams @KeithPowersNYC @CMReynoso34 to visit Eastern Correctional Facility. #BPI pic.twitter.com/Nm0WQofUei
— Vanessa L. Gibson, MPA (@Vanessalgibson) November 26, 2019
Y’all I’m so emotional watching this program, education has never been FOR Black/African American populations. To see how engaged these individuals are about trying to better themselves is truly a blessing #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— diversemelanin (@diversemelanin) November 26, 2019
If #CollegeBehindBarsPBS achieves nothing else, it’s doing a stellar job humanizing people in prison and showing their need for dignity and worth. Education gives those things, in spades. @BPIBard @LynnNovick #PellYes
— Molly M. Gill (@mmgillwriter) November 26, 2019
“There are two kinds of education in this country. One for those who will rule, and one for everyone else.”#CollegeBehindBarsPBS brilliant.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 26, 2019
@DRCOhio what are we doing in the state of Ohio? This special on PBS is amazing. Born middle class and white which is a blessing. But clearly has prevented me from acknowledging this issue in our country to any significant degree. @BardCollege #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Chris Heinrich (@cheinrich86) November 26, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS watching these brothers learn Chinese! pic.twitter.com/ky85qNiyRo
— Noble PHA (@PHANoble357) November 26, 2019
Earlier this month, in an effort to shed light on prison education program benefits, the @McCourtyTwins hosted the premiere of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS.
Tonight, you can catch the documentary at 9 ET on @PBS: https://t.co/BftI8KZ2IR
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 26, 2019
Professor Mengart explains she sees brilliant ideas that lack coherency and lays out what constitutes a paragraph to a class more engaged than any I have ever seen. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Stephanie Bazell (@StephanieBazell) November 26, 2019
How much does one have to want to further dehumanize someone to deprive them of education? This was the final tool of the slave master. This denial has no place in a modern humane society. This @BPIBard program is the epitome of humanity. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Dr. Steve Perry (@DrStevePerry) November 26, 2019
I’ll never forget the moment at my older son’s Bard commencement when a @BPIBard graduate crossed the stage and everyone stood to acknowledge him. I’m so proud to have another son at Bard now, getting the kind of liberal arts education that changes lives.
— Lisa Guisbond (@lguisbond) November 26, 2019
@BPIBard is doing a phenomenal thing. @elamins @KenBurns & @PBS did a phenomenal job. And @theworld needs to watch #CollegeBehindBars The world could be such a better place, and it’s starts in places just like PRISON. Thank You 🙏🏽
— DAX MPIRE (@industrykilla) November 26, 2019
It takes immense courage to share your story with the world. These scholars & advocates did it with open hearts to change the narrative about people who are incarcerated and to redefine who a college education is for. Tune in tonight for Part 2! #CollegeBehindBarsPBS @BPIBard https://t.co/js81HxVVAP
— Annabelle Gardner (@annabelle_sf) November 26, 2019
“I am vast, I contain multitudes!” Enjoyed the dialogue I had with my HS students today on this documentary. Your story is making a difference @Giioohhhh ! #ThankYou for being vulnerable enough to share! #CollegeBehindBarsPBS https://t.co/fU6QjyQ4tK
— Rian Reed, MBA (@missreed) November 26, 2019
We can’t wait to tune into part 3 of #CollegeBehindBarsPBS tonight. Thank you @LynnNovick for sharing the importance of higher ed in prison. We are working to bring college to Texans in prison, inspired by the high bar set by @BPIBard
Check us out https://t.co/eOcOqHvmcj
— Texas Prison Education Initiative (@TexasPrisonEd) November 26, 2019
“I am vast, I contain multitudes!” Enjoyed the dialogue I had with my HS students today on this documentary. Your story is making a difference @Giioohhhh ! #ThankYou for being vulnerable enough to share! #CollegeBehindBarsPBS https://t.co/fU6QjyQ4tK
— Rian Reed, MBA (@missreed) November 26, 2019
It takes immense courage to share your story with the world. These scholars & advocates did it with open hearts to change the narrative about people who are incarcerated and to redefine who a college education is for. Tune in tonight for Part 2! #CollegeBehindBarsPBS @BPIBard https://t.co/js81HxVVAP
— Annabelle Gardner (@annabelle_sf) November 26, 2019
Rodney Spivey Jones wrote a 🔥 senior project for @BPIBard about images of the black body, Emmett Till, and Black Lives Matter. Brotha enlightened me!! Y’all check out the documentary!! #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Brandon M. Erby (@brandonerby_) November 29, 2019
Want to bring #CollegeBehindBarsPBS to your classroom but don't have time for all 4 episodes? Here are clips from the film + lessons I created on what it means to be a #citizen & part of a #community. @PBS @BPIBard @BardCollege @DyjuanTatro @Giioohhhh https://t.co/gIaAmumN5S
— Laura Bradley (@LAMBRADLEY) December 2, 2019
Just love getting to a hotel room and turning on the TV and happening across ONE OF THE BEST DOC SERIES I have ever seen. College Behind Bars by @LynnNovick The power of education never to be underestimated. The ability to change lives and society. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Justine Lang (@justteaplease) November 27, 2019
#CollegeBehindBarsPBS is deeply affecting and a must watch. A beautiful documentary about inspiring students and the power and promise of the liberal arts.
— leigh dekle (@ledekle) November 27, 2019
I am telling you, nothing has made me feel the slightest bit hopeful about this benighted land and these benighted times lately, until this film. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Kim McLarin (@KimMcLarin) November 27, 2019
I have never had an undergrad this impressive. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Kim McLarin (@KimMcLarin) November 27, 2019
I want to read Rodney's senior project #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— jenifer daniels 🧜🏾♀️ (@jentrification) November 27, 2019
Someone should publish Rodney's work. #powerful #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— Cheryl Oldham (@CherylOldham) November 27, 2019
This College behind bars is more than powerful. Rodney's paper on the Black Body was OUTSTANDING. #CollegeBehindBarsPBS
— ArtBooksLife (@DeniseDCooper1) November 27, 2019
Every person in this country should watch #CollegeBehindBarsPBS and for multiple reasons incl the hopeful awesome story and the lesson of the value of education and the value of civilized debate.
— reality by pamela (@realitybypamela) November 27, 2019
Dyjuan: “Harvard, tell me this…”
Harvard debaters, no longer wanting any parts of this debate: #CollegeBehindBarsPBS pic.twitter.com/NpQRRSrWMh
— Maya A. Jones (@MJay615) November 27, 2019
2nd night of the powerful PBS documentary “College Behind Bars,” on the Bard Prison Initiative. Moving, inspiring, something else….an incredible, ground-breaking form of light in the very dark US prison system. https://t.co/psnGrGBL8s
— Mary K. Gayne (@marykgayne) November 27, 2019
From the Ken Burns “College Behind Bars,” a student composed Thai manifesto in response to mail he received with texting shortcuts. As a communications major, I approve this message: pic.twitter.com/mPINyBr0MF
— Rhonda Singletary (@RhondaKaySing) December 3, 2019
WOW. 👨🏽🎓👩🏽🎓⚖️🤯 #CollegeBehindBarsPBS is an unforgettable, provocative documentary. An extraordinary deep dive into education, identity, justice, and potential. Kudos to @BPIBard for your transformative work, and @PBSWI for broadcasting this important story. https://t.co/eTrgd1Dz2w
— Lauren WF (@weeth_feinstein) December 2, 2019
