Student volunteer session

A group of UM criminology students working hard volunteering for Beyond the Bars!

Barz Behind Bars

Open mic poetry slam at Avon Park with Exchange for Change.

Building a Movement for Fine and Fee Reform Beyond 2023

Attended the convening with members from Beyond the Bars to discuss fines and fees reform in the US. Sponsored by Cities and Counties for Fines and Fees Justice.

Liberating Methadone Conference

Team members from Project HOPE attended the Liberating Methadone Conference at NYU’s Center for Opioid Epidemiology & Policy held in partnership with the National Survivors Union and National Coalition to Liberate Methadone.

Team science is fun!

Project HOPE team members Edward Suarez, Krystle Culbertson, and Dani Estes at a team science training.

Reentry Summit

The Umbrella of Hope Reentry Summit was held on May 13, 2023 at the University of Miami. This event was organized by the Umbrella of Hope Reentry Coalition and sponsored by the Copeland Foundation, University of Miami’s Department of Public Health Science and Department of Sociology, and CHARM.

Abolitions Conference

Sponsored by The University of California Washington Center, the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, UC Merced, and Howard University’s Center for Urban Progress.

Reentry Summit

Reentry Summit planning meeting!

Household canvassing

Canvassing in Overtown with Beyond the Bars! This project is funded by the University of Miami’s Racial Justice Grant Program and it being conducting in collaboration with Cassandra Michel (student lead), undergraduate student in the UM Department of Psychology, Donna Coker, JD, MSW in the UM School of Law, and Dr. Zinzi Bailey in the Miller School of Medicine.