The Center for Justice at Columbia University is humbled and excited to present the inaugural cohort of the Beyond the Bars Fellows. The Beyond the Bars Fellowship provides students and community members with an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of mass incarceration and social change and to collaborate in planning the annual Beyond the Bars Conference. This interdisciplinary leadership program brings together a diverse group of Fellows from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to develop their leadership skills in justice work.
Our current Fellows come from many schools across Columbia (Social Work, Public Health, Teachers College, Law, Barnard and Union Theological), other colleges (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, SUNY Purchase) and a variety of different community and government organizations (Fortune Society, Education Inside Out Coalition, Department of Corrections, MADE Transitional Services, Brooklyn Defender Services, National Lawyers Guild and the Bronx County Reentry Task Force). We are honored to be working with such a powerful group of people and look forward to seeing the work of the Fellowship grow.
For more information about the Fellows: Beyond the Bar Fellowship Bio’s