Freedom Education Project Puget Sound

At this year’s National Conference on Higher Education in Prison in Cleveland, WHEP made its debut on the national stage!

Our members presented “From Margin to Center: The Necessity of a Womxn’s HEP Consortium,” and for the first time, we got to introduce ourselves and our work to the broader HEP community. We opened with something that mattered deeply to us: the voices of formerly incarcerated women who earned their college degrees while incarcerated and now lead higher education in prison programs themselves. Their testimonies set the tone for everything that followed.

If you are interested in learning more about WHEP and our experience at the conference, check out our website: https://www.fepps.org/news-updates/whep-presentation-at-the-national-conference-for-higher-education-in-prison-nchep

It’s Giving Tuesday! Today we’re celebrating FEPPS students who are transforming their lives and communities through education, creativity, and collective leadership.

One shining example is Bonnie—FEPPS BA student, clerk, and co-facilitator of our Creative Writing Group. After discovering her love for writing in a FEPPS English class, Bonnie kept nurturing her craft and ultimately proposed and launched her own creative writing workshop. Her passion has grown into a powerful space for imagination, healing, and self-expression, where students are finding their voices and creating work they want the world to see.

Your Giving Tuesday gift helps sustain programs that cultivate leadership, confidence, and belonging for students like Bonnie.

💙 Give today and help our students rewrite what’s possible: bit.ly/FEPPSGivingTuesday

We’re celebrating the launch of our second BA in Liberal Studies cohort with the University of Puget Sound! 🎉

23 incredible students (not all pictured) were admitted and welcomed at our Matriculation ceremony on September 25. This program allows students who’ve completed their A.A. degree in prison to transfer to UPS and earn their B.A. while incarcerated—the first B.A. program in a Washington State prison and only the seventh in a women’s prison nationwide.

YOU can support our students this Giving Tuesday—donate tomorrow or purchase school supplies from our wishlist by visiting the links in our bio!