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FICGN (Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network)

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Our mission is to promote the education and empowerment of formerly incarcerated people through a collective community.

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We piloted in Missouri. Now we're expanding to Wisconsin.

After a year on pause to refine our Success Coach Model, we're back and bringing the structure to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Prison Education Initiative and other states (TBA).

In this time @ProjectEvident helped us unlock the theory behind what we already knew worked...coordinated support networks breed accountability.

This is community built on lived experience. And we're just getting started.

Thank you to @ascendiumeducation for making this possible.

Run a HEP program? Bring this model to your students for free → info@ficgn.org

#education #studentsuccess #wisconsin taken in Madison, Wisconsin by @ficgnetwork

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Have you ever experienced joy as resistance?

With The Legacy Project's, Healing the Leaders Initiative, healing, rest and more importantly joy aren't merely rewards of surviving a system, its how we transcend it.

Visit their page to learn more ➡️ @legacyprojectint

#healing #leadership #futureofwork by @ficgnetwork

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#WhereAreTheyNow

Rutgers University Alumni discuss how higher education helped them combat imposter syndrome while returning to community.

#education #higheredinprison #rutgersuniversity

🗣️: Duane, Paul, Shane by @ficgnetwork

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A résumé shouldn't feel like a confession.

Troy helps formerly incarcerated people "recognize that the person you see today is not a fixed endpoint, but a moving point in a longer trajectory."

His words are a call to change the narrative→ https://bit.ly/4n4eRse

#narrativechange #narrativefellows #livedexperience #ficgn by @ficgnetwork

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She started her college education inside prison. Now she leads prison education programs across four facilities.

Amy, a college dean and prison education director, is proof that fair chances don't just change individual lives; they change systems.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/42KaHMO

#narrativechange #narrativefellows #livedexperience #ficgn by @ficgnetwork

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"Have you ever been convicted?"

Four words. One question. A sentence that never ends.

Wilfredo breaks down what a background check really does, and who it really punishes.

Read more about "America's Quiet Life Sentence" → https://bit.ly/4w6N2Ut

#narrativechange #narrativefellows #livedexperience #ficgn by @ficgnetwork

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No matter where you're at in this world, access to community shouldn't have a price tag or zip code.

For people coming home, being included in a community is especially important when you're re-entering a world where your network has moved on, disappeared or passed away.

We value community deeply...what value does community bring to you?

Watch the full video ➡️: https://bit.ly/4dsFF29

👤: Noel Vest, PhD

#community #education #ficgn by @ficgnetwork

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The system failed her twice...first in the classroom...⠀
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Then in the courtroom...⠀
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Dawn spent 25 years and 9 months inside Edna Mahan. ⠀
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Since her release, she has built an organization, earned two degrees, and testified at the #NJ Statehouse🔥⠀
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She was never slow. She was never "less than." She was simply unsupported.⠀
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#narrativechange #narrativefellows #livedexperience #ficgn by @ficgnetwork

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Graduation season is here!

You know what that means...

Lots of hugs, feelings of redemption and personal/professional narratives shift.

We caught up with the Rutgers University NJ-Step Program last year to see how they honor students after they cross the threshold of degree completion.

Watch the full recap 👇

p.s. we can't wait to see what you all are up to this year!

#education #narrativechange #rutgersuniversity #nj #njstep by @ficgnetwork

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Steven and Mario repping @ficgnetwork shirts! It’s so important to build and be apart of these spaces that enable formerly incarcerated individuals to become directly impacted leadership and support each other. 🫶

#reentrymatters #criminaljusticereform #prisonreform #communitycare #ficgnetwork by @ficgnetwork

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Dear Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates, the question isn't "how did you get here"...

It's "what are you going to do with the skills you've gained along the way?"

This year, FICGN connected with over 100 people who are using their credentials to do amazing work for their community.

A huge THANK You to all of the Advocates, Educators, Healers and Leaders for helping us #ChangeTheNarrative!

Hosted by the @allianceforhep

https://ficgn.org/shop by @ficgnetwork

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Every label on a person becomes a limit.

We made this PSA to show what gets lost when we reduce people to “felon,” “inmate,” or “ex-con.”

Behind every label is a parent, a neighbor, a leader, a story still unfolding.

Changing language changes the ground we stand on.
It opens doors. It restores dignity. It makes room for accountability that does not dehumanize.

Join us. Drop the labels.
Say the names. See the people.

Take the Pledge - link in bio.
#DropTheLabels

A Public Service Announcement created for FICGN (Formerly Incarcerated Graduates Network). Produced by Broadway Advocacy Coalition by @ficgnetwork

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