Dismas dinner to feature speaker, author on college for inmates
SOUTH BEND — Dismas House of Indiana, a nonprofit that provides transitional housing and services for men and women who've been released from incarceration, will hold its annual benefit dinner and auction April 17 with keynote speaker Justin McDevitt, author and program director of Women’s College Partnership.
The event will start at 6 p.m. at the Gillespie Conference and Special Event Center, 53995 Indiana 933. A cocktail hour with cash bar will run until 7 p.m., followed by dinner, the keynote address, award presentations and the auction. Individual tickets cost $100, with sponsorship packages, advertisement and other donation options available at GiveGrove.com/Dismas2024.
Located in Monroe Park since 1986, Dismas House serves as a transitional home for people leaving incarceration.
The Women’s College Partnership, where McDevitt works, is a college-in-prison collaboration between the University of Notre Dame and Marian University at Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis.
McDevitt earned his master’s degree from Notre Dame and is currently working toward his doctorate in political science at Notre Dame, researching the political development of the collateral consequences of felony convictions. McDevitt will share his experiences in the Indiana Department of Corrections and discuss his new textbook that offers insights into effective educational programs for people in prison and what the U.S. can learn from other models.
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