Please join us for Tufts University’s fifth MyTERN college and reentry program graduation ceremony!
We are excited to celebrate the hard work and struggle, the academic growth, the creation of new dreams, and the care for one another that this year’s incredible cohort of formerly incarcerated students has demonstrated. This graduation ceremony will include the fifth cohort of MyTERN students completing their undergraduate certificate in civic studies from Tufts: Luis Bizzarro, Jody Boykins, Todd Connelly, Sean Ellis, Rocio Lopez, Nathan Miksch, Elba Morales, Tari Richardson, Jason Stiles, and Chiteara Thomas. But after five years, we are now seeing the wild successes of students who continued in school after MyTERN! We will therefore celebrate five students earning their college degrees from different schools, including Tufts University, Boston College, Bunker Hill Community College, and North Shore Community College.
Come and listen to students describe the challenges they faced during and after incarceration and the ways they navigate these. Students will discuss what people need post-incarceration not only to survive but also to thrive. And what does it mean to thrive? Yes to housing and yes to employment! But we need more than that as human beings building and rebuilding our selves and lives, relationships and communities. These graduates know it so well and their words always convey moving and powerful lessons.
🍕 There will be food downstairs after the ceremony at 8:00PM.
To learn more about reentry and MyTERN, visit TUPIT's website; follow their Instagram; and listen to their podcast, MyTERN Conversations, on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.