For more information on “Freedom First” and the performer, Keith Lamar, a poet on death row, who will perform via bluetooth speaker during the concert. here is a NYT piece that explains both very well: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/arts/music/keith-lamar-death-row-freedom-first.html
Written by Amira Faden This past semester, I have had the honor of taking a poetry class through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. The course took place in a local prison: 8 of the students came from Bucknell (“outside students”) and 8 of the students were incarcerated in the local prison (“inside students”). We met one afternoon each week within the prison for a series of discussions, writing exercises and sharing sessions on the subject of reading and writing poetry. Together, we established a foundation of trust and connection that allowed us to learn from each other. Two conversations come […]
Dr. Tom Solomon, Presidential Professor of Physics, is currently teaching UNIV 232, Science Technology and Society, a Community-Engaged Learning course that explores the effects science and those that study it have on society. What makes this course so special is that it is an Inside-Out course, which means that the course is taught in a correctional facility. Solomon travels to the State Correctional Institution (SCI) in Coal Township with 12 Bucknell students, here referred to as outside students, to teach them and 12 incarcerated students, referred to as inside students. As of this semester, the inside students will receive course […]