“The Prison University Project’s classes gave me a strong foundation and taught me to view everything through a different lens. This foundation shows up in my everyday life. In magazine articles, papers I read, essays, in conversations, in politics. Now I can join in on the conversation because I have an idea about where people are coming from. When I’m reading a newspaper article, I can see how smaller perspectives funnel into larger ones. I can see subtle dynamics playing out in the argumentation in the article. I see the mechanics of writing in a way I hadn’t previously understood. I have a new tool set and a new lens through which to view this kind of dialogue. Every time I break through and understand something challenging I get a sense of accomplishment.”
