5C Students

If you’re a 5C (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, or Scripps) student, you can find ways to participate in the Justice Education Center regardless of your major. We encourage students of all backgrounds and areas of study to explore the various academic and experiential opportunities that JEC sponsors and to check out the criteria for receiving JEC funding for justice system-related events and community work.

Keep an eye out for the forthcoming Justice Education Studies major and minor: an interdisciplinary, intercollegiate collaboration that we hope will be fully realized by 2026 and which will allow students to incorporate pathbreaking theoretical and pragmatic work on justice-related issues into their courses of study.

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Academic Opportunities

Take an Inside-Out Course

See current and past Inside-Out course offerings here.

Inside-Out courses form the core curriculum of the forthcoming Justice Education Studies major and minor and our inaugural in-prison BA pathway for currently incarcerated students. 5C student participation in these courses is contingent upon instructor approval. It entails a semester-long course in a carceral setting with equal numbers of campus-based and incarcerated students. The unique dialogue-based methodology of these courses makes them incredibly generative and often profoundly transformative.

Enrollment in Inside-Outside classes for the fall 2024 semester is currently closed. We will also be offering several classes in the spring of 2025, and we encourage you to subscribe to our mailing list for updates and to keep our past and current course offerings in mind when registering for classes in the future. Interested students must register for Inside-Out classes according to the normal registration process within the deadlines given by the college offering the course. Instructors will contact registered students directly with further instructions about the application and interview process.

Experiential Opportunities

Intern or Volunteer with One of JEC’s Partner Organizations

Design or help facilitate a class with the Prison Education Project, co-lead college preparation and career development courses with the Reintegration Academy, or volunteer to lead meditation and emotional process work or organic gardening workshops with the Insight Garden Program. Check out this page to learn more about the organizations we partner with and get involved with their work! JEI offers up to $200 stipends for students who intern or volunteer with our partner organizations out of gratitude for and recognition of the work and time you’re putting into uplifting our shared community. See “Funding Opportunities” below to learn more about the stipend application process.

Do Justice-Related Work in Your Community with JEC Support?

Do you already do justice-related work in your community?

Are you interested in starting an organization yourself, or in hosting a justice-related speaker?

• • Event/program evaluation form for stipend recipients.
  • Event/program evaluation form for event/program participants.