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CHANCE THE RAPPER PERFORMS FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES AT STATEVILLE PRISON

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CHANCE THE RAPPER PERFORMS FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES AT STATEVILLE PRISON

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Published on October 27, 2022

🧵🎉Saturday (10/22) we celebrated the second cohort of students at Stateville Correctional Center graduating with Bachelor of Arts degrees through our PNAP/University Without Walls Program! Congrats Michael Bell, Darnell Lane, Juan Luna, Reginald BoClair, + Daniel Perkins! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/kzBHRVEfWW
— Prison+Neighborhood Arts Project (@ArtsPrison) October 26, 2022

[WATCH] Michael Bell, graduating with a Depth Area of Justice-Centered Youth Development And Violence Prevention offered powerful remarks on behalf of the 2022 graduating cohort 📽️ pic.twitter.com/wiFau5QCTF
— Prison+Neighborhood Arts Project (@ArtsPrison) October 26, 2022

Five new college graduates were treated to quite the performance at their graduation, but these aren’t your typical college graduates.

Chance the Rapper performed at a graduation ceremony on Saturday for five inmates at Stateville prison. They all earned bachelor’s degrees through a Northeastern Illinois University program, as well as the Prison and Neighborhood Arts Education Project

Source: CBS Chicago

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