Now a community college professor, Dale Lendrum uses his own experience as a formerly incarcerated drug addict to encourage higher education for students who struggle in similar situations.
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Project Rebound at the Beach
Formerly incarcerated student discusses how Project Rebound can change lives.
A look into how Rising Scholars and Project Rebound serves formerly incarcerated and system impacted students at CSULB
In 2016, Rising Scholars was created to support students that are formerly incarcerated and system impacted. Their work, now aided with the addition of Project Rebound, continues to serve the community through education, advocacy and support.
CSULB’s Project Rebound to assist formerly incarcerated students
Long Beach State’s new Project Rebound program works to help incarcerated individuals who are looking to pursue higher education after reentering society.
Movie Star Danny Trejo shares experiences about incarceration with students
If you saw the toughest guy in the prison yard, you probably wouldn’t believe he was convicted for selling a bag of pure sugar to an undercover federal agent. However, this is exactly how Danny Trejo found himself serving a five-year drug sentence in 1969. “He asked me if the[Read More…]
From state prison to state university
Spending any amount of time locked up in prison or jail can lead to trauma and isolation that can be disorientating. Many incarcerated individuals have found it difficult to integrate back into society and avoid slipping back into old habits. In order to combat this, a resource and job fair,[Read More…]
Project Rebound introduced in ASI Senate
A mug shot of a dirty, shaggy-haired confused man holding a prisoner number was featured on the the projector. Meanwhile, a clean-shaven man in a polo shirt and shorts spoke and pointed at the screen. “That’s me roughly 24 years ago,” he said. Before Dale Lendrum was Secretary of System[Read More…]
Second chances are coming to CSULB
Samuel Irvin spent five years of his life sitting in a jail cell for selling drugs. Now, he sits behind a desk in a classroom as a psychology major in his second year at San Francisco State University. After serving his sentence, a now 32-year-old Irvin was resigned to falling[Read More…]