Middlesex College Center for Justice-Impacted Students
Site Supervisor: Dr. Senem Kaptan
Number of Positions Available: 2
The Center for Justice-Impacted Students at Middlesex College supports the higher educational pursuits of justice-impacted students* through access, reentry support, and advocacy. We work with justice-impacted youth across New Jersey in Juvenile Justice Commission secure-care facilities, community programs, juvenile detention centers, and on campus. *We have a broad definition of "justice-impacted," which includes having a history of incarceration, detention, arrest, conviction, parole, probation, or having immediate relatives who are/have been incarcerated.
The Center for Justice-Impacted Students aims to expand access to transformative higher educational opportunities and empowering curriculum for students impacted by the justice system. We envision a world where justice-impacted individuals have the right to education without barriers, and a college campus where justice-impacted students are provided with the opportunity to succeed and thrive. To that end, we act as an education and advocacy body for supporting the implementation of inclusive policies and practices that advance educational opportunities for justice-impacted students.
Potential Site Projects: We would primarily like the student(s) to support us in advancing two of our Center’s programs: 1) Justice Scholars Program (JSP), a wraparound support program and safe space for our formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students on campus and 2) Juvenile Justice Reform Club (JJRC), a student club advised by CJIS that partners with the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center to advance higher educational opportunities for detained and justice-impacted youth.
In the first role (JSP), the student(s) will provide holistic advising for the Justice Scholars, develop programming, conduct outreach, and research resources to advance the Scholars' academic, personal, and professional goals. In the second role (JJRC), the student(s) will develop and deliver social justice-oriented weekly training sessions for the Club to advance advocacy efforts towards youth justice reform, including access to higher education for justice-impacted youth. We are open to shaping these positions based on the needs and interests of the student(s).
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