The Voices: A Library Lecture Series Committee is pleased to present “The Transformative Power of Education in the Prison Setting” by Emily Patka on Tuesday, March 3 from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in the BTC Auditorium.
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison was founded in 1998 with the mission to provide college education, life skills and re-entry support to incarcerated men and women.
Emily Patka, the academic coordinator for Hudson Link’s college program at Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie, discusses Hudson Link’s unique model, the transformative power of education and the importance of offering educational opportunities in prisons. Tuesday’s program will include a panel of Hudson Valley Community College Criminal Justice students, who will explore the issue of educating prison inmates in a question and answer discussion with Patka.
Published: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:16:09 +0000 by r.matthews