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Changing the Landscape of our Prisons, One Person and One College Course at a Time

By Katherine D. Perry, Associate Professor of English and Cofounder and Coordinator of the Georgia State University Prison Education Project Georgia State University’s Prison Education Project at Perimeter College (GSUPEP) was awarded a $210,000 grant in October from the Laughing Gull Foundation to help accomplish its mission to educate people in Georgia prisons. Led by […]

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Building Health and Well-Being in Clarkston: Georgia State Hosts Refugee and Immigrant Health and Wellness Alliance Community Summit, Nov. 10

By Mary Helen O’Connor and Heval Kelli Metro Atlanta is home to the second-fastest growing population of foreign-born residents in the United States. According to the Atlanta Regional Commission, immigrants accounted for nearly two-thirds of the city of Atlanta’s population growth in the last decade. More than 17,000 refugees have arrived in DeKalb County since […]

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