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Rewriting Futures One Story at a Time
Posted August 5, 2025
The Justice-Impacted Writers Project teaches selected NPEP students how to write an industry level original TV pilot and connects them with show business insiders....
Beyond the Walls: Music as Connection and Escape
Posted May 29, 2025
NPEP student Demetrius Cunningham writes about how music shapes his identity and lived experience. People are truly connected through the power of music—one song...
NPEP Documenting Carceral Injustice Program: Empowerment through Storytelling
Posted April 25, 2025
The Documenting Carceral Injustice Program allows NPEP and on-campus students to collaboratively create documentaries amplifying the voices of those incarcerated. When award-winning filmmaker and...
Stronger Than Distance: How Incarcerated Parents Foster Powerful Bonds with Their Children
Posted January 19, 2025
NPEP graduate Taurean Decatur and NPEP students Erika Ray and Oliver Crawford discuss how they’ve built strong and meaningful relationships with their children while...
The Northwestern Insider — Issue 2
Posted November 18, 2024
The second issue of the Northwestern Insider, the NPEP student-written magazine, is now available. This special issue honors much-beloved NPEP graduate Michael Broadway and features...
NPEP Stateville/Sheridan Year in Review
Posted November 14, 2024
NPEP graduate Anthony Ehlers provides a recap of all things related to Stateville/Sheridan from the fall of 2023 through the fall of 2024. This...
NPEP Student Broderick Hollins Works to Improve Outcomes of Justice-impacted Youth at the Restorative Justice Community Courts
Posted October 8, 2024
NPEP student Broderick Hollins plays a crucial role at the Restorative Justice Community Courts (RJCC) by providing opportunities for growth and change for young...
The Voices of Those Affected by Criminal Testimonial Injustice
Posted August 29, 2024
William Peoples, a 2023 NPEP graduate and current Teaching Fellow, celebrates Dr. Jennifer Lackey’s book “Criminal Testimonial Injustice,” which recently won the North American...
’Every Lawyer Needs This Experience’: How Professor Sheila Bedi Bridges the Criminal Legal System Through Teaching
Posted February 1, 2024
Sheila A. Bedi is a clinical professor of law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and director of the Community Justice and Civil...
GSAC Spotlight: Gerpha Gerlin on NPEP’s Wellness Initiatives
Posted January 30, 2024
Gerpha Gerlin is a graduate student at Northwestern University, currently seeking her doctorate in anthropology and her master’s degree in public health. She expects...