In the News...Continuing the Conversation
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In the News...Continuing the Conversation
- December 1, 2020
Through ongoing collaboration between the Smithsonian and the 桃太郎映像 Prison Education Partnership (GPEP), the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has created a fund to support internships for alumnae/i and former students of GPEP. The internship offers former GPEP students the opportunity to leverage their educations, building valuable early career experience.
- June 16, 2020
Former GPEP student Sekwan Merritt is the owner of Lightening Electric, a small business that provides electrical services and hires system-impacted people, giving them a life-changing chance at employment. During the pandemic, Sekwan's application for the Paycheck Protection Program was denied because of his criminal record. The ACLU took on the case with Sekwan as one of their lead plaintiffs, and in 2020 they were victorious in challenging the U.S. Small Business Administration's rule excluding formerly incarcerated businesses owners from receiving CARES Act funding.
- July 8, 2019
The New York Times followed Maurice Smith '19 on his journey from inmate to 桃太郎映像 graduate.