Join staff from Prisons to Professionals (P2P), a STEM-OPS partner, and others on September 8 for the first day of a two-day conference designed and produced by directly impacted people. In 2021, the inaugural Rise Up conference drew over 650 registrants and raised over $25,000 to fund the conference and compensate directly impacted presenters for their time and experiences. We hope to expand on this incredible start with our second annual Rise Up conference on September 8 and 9, 2022.

The time to form a collective power and act is now. We owe it to those we left behind and those who are to follow. The event is free and open to everyone.

Below are three talks by members of the STEM-OPS Speakers Bureau:

• Judith Negron, From Prison Cells to PhD (P2P), STEM-OPS: Reentry Is Reinvention
  1C Pathways to Success:  Sept. 8, 1:40–2:00 pm ET
• Dr. Erik James Escareño, DSW, LCSW, STEM-OPS and P2P: Becoming My Authentic Self Through Adversity
  3C. Pathways to Success: Sept. 9, 12:15–12:35 pm ET
• Kelsie Becklin P2P, STEM-OPS, and University of Minnesota: STEM-Opportunities in Prison Settings: Pathway to Successful Careers
  4C STEM/Research: Sept. 9, 3:20–3:40 pm ET

Register for or sponsor the conference.