Vanderbilt Prison Project

Join us tonight at 7:30pm in Buttrick 101 for our final Awareness Week event! Learn from leading organizers about juvenile justice and how mass incarceration is affecting our youth. See you soon!

Join us tonight for our second Awareness Week event: Conversation with Rahim Buford. Learn how you as a Vanderbilt student can get more involved in enacting change in the criminal justice system. See you soon! Zoom link: vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/98176530856

The first event for Awareness Week will be a discussion on incarcerated women and the challenges they face within the system. Join us tonight at 7 for an incredible conversation!

It’s time for our annual Awareness Week! This year we are excited to present our theme: Underrepresented Voices, highlighting those who are often not listened to. Join us at three events throughout the week to learn more about the criminal justice system.

Join us this Sunday at 5pm for our next GBM! We are going to be talking about our upcoming events, including our biggest one, Awareness Week. Hope to see you there.

Don’t forget! Be sure to fill out the committee applications by this Friday, October 1st at 11:59pm. Become a part of the fight toward reforming the criminal justice system.

Our first GBM is taking place this Sunday at 6pm! Come out to learn who we are, what we do, and how you can be a part of the fight against the criminal justice system. Hope to see you there! There will also be a zoom link for those who cannot attend in person.

UVO extends our thanks to everyone who rallied, wrote a letter, or made a phone call to Free Donald Ray Clemons. Much love to Participatory Defense Nashville, @Rahimbuford @VUPrisonProject @VandyHustler Enjoy your life brother!

Join us tonight for our next GBM! We are thrilled to be hosting two amazing guest speakers, Michael Keegan from PFAW and Jenny Cook from the Divinity School. See you tonight from 6-7pm CST. Zoom link here: vanderbilt.zoom.us/j/98346841022

Happy about my brother Don coming home after 25 years. We grew up in prison, survived the harshness, and managed to stay human. Love to @OutreachVoices @VUPrisonProject #ParticipatoryDefenseNashville Justice includes hope, healing & transformation. #2ndChanceTN2021

Thank you @NC5 for being inclusive! Let’s work to get Donald Ray Clemons a 2nd Chance. Thanks @VUPrisonProject @freeheartsorg #uncagetn2021 #2ndchancetn2021

we hope that if a sizeable number of students turn out, it will grab their attention. Please attend if you can, and help spread the word as well. We hope to see you there!!

Please join us Monday, April 12th, with Unheard Voices Outreach for a protest lobbying for Don's release from prison from 11 AM to 12 PM at 500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN. Since the parole board will open Don's parole hearing to the public,

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Right now, they have a campaign to lobby Gov. Lee to free Don Clemons and Shawnda Jones, two people who have been in prison since their teenage years. It's extremely exciting to see the work the VPP is doing! -BM @VUPrisonProject Learn more: freedonandshawnda.com

I wanted to tell y'all about the good work being done at Vanderbilt because of the Vanderbilt Prison Project—a student organization that educates and inspires other students to engage in the criminal justice system.

Join us today outside of Saratt for our letter writing campaign for Don & Shawnda! Please follow social distancing guidelines and wear a mask.

along with Gideon’s Army,  and Dr. Noble, a senior sociology lecturer to construct a comprehensive panel discussion on how mass incarceration affects the Black community. There will also be the opportunity for a Q/A!

Did you know North Nashville's 37208 ZIP code has the highest incarceration rate in the country?  On April 1st, 2021 at 6:13p.m., we are partnering with the Mu Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Come see our event tomorrow at the Criminal Justice Summit, Saturday, March 27th from 1:15-2pm. Learn about the tenets of our organization, our past and current campaigns, including Cyrus Wilson and Don & Shawnda, and more!