The Petey Greene Program provides free, high-quality academic tutoring for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated learners across 7 geographic regions in the northeast. In Philadelphia, PGP has provided volunteer based tutoring in state, federal, and county level correctional facilities since 2015. In 2020, our mission expanded to include supporting returning citizens after their incarceration, as well as diversion programs for youth considered at risk of system involvement. Our volunteer tutors support the freedom dreams of people working toward an array of educational goals, including the GED/High School Equivalency, Adult Basic Education, English Language Learning, vocational certification exams, college coursework, etc. This year, the Philadelphia region is in an exciting expansion phase, and we need your support developing partnerships across the justice ecosystem to offer our transformative virtual and in-person tutoring programs across an array of prison, jail, reentry, and diversion programs in Philadelphia. We envision a world in which all incarcerated people have access to high-quality academic programs and we strive to inspire our alumni - both students and tutors - to become advocates, and to take on leadership roles that reimagine the criminal legal system. You can learn more on our website: www.peteygreene.org This project is a part of the PHENND Fellows VISTA program housed at the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND). PHENND is a network of over 25 colleges and universities that strengthens service-learning, civic engagement, and community partnership in Philadelphia.

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Member Duties

‍The VISTA will help PGP break the cycles of poverty and recidivism within populations located in Philadelphia area jails, prisons and community-based Diversion and Reentry Programs. The VISTA will support volunteer tutors across PGP programs in Philadelphia. They will recruit, train and manage university students and community members to serve as volunteer tutors while collecting data for program improvement and evaluation. The evaluation of our programs will also serve as the foundation for expanding reentry programming in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Their responsibilities will include facilitating recruitment events and volunteer interviews, collecting clearance documents from new volunteers, tracking volunteer attendance at tutoring sessions and providing support to volunteers throughout the tutoring experience. PGP offers in-depth professional development support and training on the carceral state, educational justice, trauma-informed tutoring strategies and ethical volunteerism.