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#EquityIsJustice
formally invites you to a virtual panel discussion with Q&A:
“Pell Restoration and Economic Justice”
Wednesday, September 2nd
12:00 to 1:30 PM EDT
Streaming Online
Please join formerly incarcerated advocates, think tank members and the Chamber of Commerce in a panel on Pell Restoration as a strategy to address structural inequities in education, employment and the economy. In a COVID and post COVID world Pell is more urgent than ever and join us to find out why!
Opening Remarks
Chairman Bobby Scott, House Committee on Education & Labor
Panelists
Allison Dembeck, Executive Director of Congressional and Public Affairs, Chamber of Commerce
D’Antonette Burns , Scholar, public policy researcher, and advocate on Indiana bills that impact incarcerated women.
Satra Taylor, Higher Education Policy Analyst, The Education Trust and first-generation graduate
Tiffany Jones, Senior Director of Higher Education, The Education Trust and former leader at the Southern Education Foundation
Moderator
Ivelisse Gilestra, Community Organizer at College & Community Fellowship and Second Chance Pell recipient.
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