North Park School of Restorative Arts Stateville Graduation Ceremony 2022
June 15, 2022
On Wednesday, June 15 at Stateville Correctional Center, North Park Theological Seminary graduated 28 incarcerated and 5 outside students with Master’s Degrees.
The graduation was the first of its kind in an Illinois Department of Corrections facility and represents a profound commitment to liberative and restorative education.
“What North Park University understood with this program is that we achieve our highest calling as a community when those who have the least among us are leading the charge to get us there. They recognize that this isn’t charitable, we are only at our greatest when those who have the least among us have what we have. We are interconnected, we are one another. ”
— Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx
“We are receiving our master’s degrees because our potential is not defined by our worst mistakes. Let today’s event be an example of what happens when opportunities are created, potentials are unignored and complete restoration is always the aim of justice.”
—SRA student Jamal Bakr
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