Contribution:
Emmanuel & Prison Reform

Through the Prison Reform and Education at Cornell University (PREP), justice-impacted youth from Downstate NY will be invited for “Day at Cornell” (DAC). The intention of this program is to expose the opportunities of a college education and experience to justice-impacted youth. We believe DAC will inspire the justice involved youth in pursuing a path of education. The project will bring the DAC participants to the Ithaca campus from April 13th to April 16th to participate in a series of programming. The guiding principles of the programming are built on three pillars: academic engagement, career building, and community integration. Mini-lectures from Cornell professors, undergraduate club meetings, conversations with local business owners, recreational activities, seminars with the Undergraduate Admissions Office, and other programming will support the youth in seeing college as a desirable and viable option for themselves. Please join us as we work towards this mission.

Update: In Spring 2023, PREP hosted its first ever Day at Cornell. Day at Cornell is a multi-day event in which our organization hosts justice-impacted youth to explore what Cornell has to offer. For this event, we partner with S.T.R.O.N.G Youth, an organization focused on empowering justice-impacted youth, and providing them with creative and educational opportunities. 

Day at Cornell aims to provide youth with the opportunity to experience what it means to pursue higher-education and career-planning. As a part of this initiative, we have a number of guest lecturers, seminars, alumni Q&As, Cornell student shadowing, tours, professional exploration, and fun campus activities. 

Day at Cornell Spring 2023 was an enormous success, and we hope to be able to host a greater number of STRONG youth this year.

A 2023 Contribution Project