To support students and alumni in building sustaining, personally-fulfilling careers, BPI offers a series of fellowships in Public Health, Education, and Sustainability in Civic Engagement. These fellowships link the coursework which students do while enrolled in BPI with an opportunity to deepen their expertise in areas of career advancement upon their release. Through these experiences, formerly incarcerated fellows are able to create valuable inroads in the fields where their lived experience and formal education and training are needed the most.
Public Health Fellowship
In prison, Public Health is a central feature of the BPI curriculum. In New York City, the BPI Public Health Fellowship engages formerly incarcerated women and men in critical discussions about health equity and neighborhood revitalization. The Fellowship combines academic study, professional development, and job placement as alumni pursue careers in Public Health.
Education Fellowship
The BPI Education Fellowship is dedicated to preparing alumni to become leading professionals working in core areas of education and schooling that affect the communities from which they come. Fellows will build skills integral to this field, receiving professional development support for their future educational and/or career endeavors.
Sustainability and Community Engagement Fellowship
Sustainability and Community Engagement Fellows design and implement projects aligned with the foundational ideas and practical skills required to (1) recognize the ways we are inextricably connected to each other and the world around us, including built and natural systems, and; (2) promote personal and community improvement related to public health promotion, food justice/apartheid, environmental justice, climate justice and sustainability.
Ford Foundation Associate Fellowship
At its headquarters in New York City, the Ford Foundation has established one-year paid Business Associate Fellowships for BPI alumni. The fellowships provide Associates the option of spending their year in three-month rotations among the IT, finance, communications, and human resources departments or dedicating the entire year to one of those four departments.
This Education Fellowship aligned with my goals to expose, educate, and empower everyone in my community. I love giving back to my community because the community is me.