by Abby O'Brien | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
We are happy to announce that Roots of Success has been awarded two California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) New and Innovative grants! CAI is a grant opportunity offered by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to support the creation of new...
by Abby O'Brien | Sep 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The teaching approach we use in the Roots of Success program is inspired by the work of Brazilian educator and activist Paulo Freire. Freire’s pedagogy of literacy education involves not only reading the word, but also reading the world. This involves the development...
by Abby O'Brien | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Lori Moseley is a certified Roots of Success instructor and member of the Roots of Success Advisory Board. She was incarcerated for 2.5 years at Coffee Creek Correctional Center, where she spent most of those years helping others. Her efforts during the recent (and...
by Abby O'Brien | Mar 10, 2021 | Outside the Wall, Uncategorized
The following is written by Jaime Armour, who graduated from Roots of Success at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Jaime was able to return to her community in The Dalles, Oregon in 2019. She will be providing us with updates about how she’s spending her energy and...
by Abby O'Brien | Feb 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
by Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes On February 2, 2021 I had the pleasure of training Ms. Darnita Prater to supervise students at Youth Connected Chartered School (Y.C.C.S) to take all 10 modules of the Roots of Success course at home on computers provided by the school...
by Heather Samuels | Dec 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by Alexandra James, Conservation Nursery Program Coordinator, and Bethany Shepler, Green Track Program Coordinator. Originally written for and posted by SPP. Photos by Alexandra James Education is a core component of our mission. Our aim is to provide diverse...
by Heather Samuels | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
This post was written by Shohei Morita for Sustainable Prisons Project and originally appeared on their blog. Note: please be aware that at least one individual featured in this story and images has victims who are concerned about re-victimization; any sharing...
by Heather Samuels | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Text by Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education and Outreach Manager originally written for an by SPP Photos by Joslyn Rose Trivett and Bethany Shepler Note: please be aware that three individuals featured in this story have victims who are concerned about...
