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Ep#027, College and Beyond for Formerly Incarcerated People: Underground Scholars at U.C. Berkeley

Ep#027, College and Beyond for Formerly Incarcerated People: Underground Scholars at U.C. Berkeley

by admin | Oct 26, 2020 | Our Social Impact

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:19 — 46.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | MoreVioleta Alvarez, the former Program Director for the Underground Scholars Initiative at U.C. Berkeley,...

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