The program, part of A New Way of Life's SAFE Housing Network, will bring needed resources to formerly incarcerated women in Westchester, NY. I founded The Lilac House project in April of 2022. The organization will address the lack of transitional housing for formerly incarcerated… Read More
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How Jule Hall, Graduate of the Bard Prison Initiative, Spends His Sundays
How BPI alumnus Jule Hall '11 spends his Sundays. This article, reproduced below, first appeared in The New York Times. Read the full article below: After serving 22 years in prison, he is making up for lost time, with a job at the Ford Foundation, good coffee… Read More
BPI Alumni Returning Home
From fellowships with the Ford Foundation to advocacy programs with the NY Department of Health, BPI alumni are reimagining what makes a community thrive. Read More
Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program For Formerly Incarcerated People—And How We Did It
From the Ford Foundation. In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative(BPI). At the foundation, we’ve long supported the innovative work of BPI, which gives… Read More