Student Spotlight: Michael Moore on Friendship
After eight years of ducking and dodging prison politics, I was finally in a level two Prison and walking to my first four credit college class. I was walking with another student named Steve Rietz. I...
View ArticleAssemblymember Marc Levine speaks with Jody Lewen, President of Mount...
We’re pleased to share this conversation between Assemblymember Marc Levine and MTC President Jody Lewen, in honor of the Assemblymember’s selection of Mount Tamalpais College as a 2021 Nonprofit of...
View ArticleSeeking Writing and Math Instructors for Fall
Many thanks to those who have applied to teach with Mount Tamalpais College for our first term back to in-person classes! We are in the process of placing faculty, and we’re currently seeking a few...
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Community Dialogues with Assemblymember Marc Levine
We are excited to share the next installment in our Community Dialogues series, a conversation with Assemblymember Marc Levine. Assemblymember Levine represents Marin and Sonoma Counties in the State...
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COVID-19 Relief Efforts Expand to Additional Prisons
The resoundingly appreciative response we have received for our COVID-19 relief efforts has prompted us to expand those efforts to eight additional prisons in California, including one as far away as...
View ArticleMeet Anila Yadavalli, Math Program Coordinator
As we kick off a new semester (our first in-person since the pandemic began!) we’re also welcoming an incredible group of new staff, which includes some familiar faces and former students. Get to know...
View ArticleFall 2021 Course Offerings
We’re delighted to share that in-person courses at San Quentin resumed on September 14, and we’re thrilled to be back in the classroom with our students after over a year apart. This fall semester...
View ArticleSave the Date for Reaching Higher
Save the date to join us for Reaching Higher, our first in-person celebration of Mount Tamalpais College since 2018. This special evening will gather former students and their families, faculty,...
View ArticleJoin MTC and Red Hen Press for a discussion on Storytelling and the Muslim...
Join Red Hen Press and Mount Tamalpais College (virtually) on Thursday, November 18 at 6 p.m. for this special partnership event highlighting storytelling and the Muslim community. The event will...
View ArticleSeeking faculty for Spring 2022
We’re preparing for our spring semester, which begins in January — and we need you! Interested in supporting our college program as an instructor or tutor, but not sure where to start? We will be...
View ArticleA prison reckoning with remorse
This article was originally published in the Boston Globe on August 15, 2021. Read story. Remorse. I killed a man and critically wounded another in broad daylight over a duffel bag of marijuana and to...
View ArticleComprehensive Support Services Are Critical to Rehabilitation, Reentry
This article was originally published by the Prison Journalism Project on October 7, 2021. Read story. Exiting the razor wire perimeter of a prison on one’s release date is like walking through waves...
View ArticleI got COVID in San Quentin and watched as hundreds more were infected and 29...
This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on October 9, 2021. Read story. On June 27, 2020, a guard came to my cell at San Quentin’s North Block to tell me that I tested positive...
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An interview with former staff member and student David Cowan
This year, our longtime Director of Operations David Cowan left his role at Mount Tamalpais College to devote himself full time to his work as Executive Director at Bonafide. Bonafide’s mission is to...
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Black Tears
Lil Treal died December 15, 2012. Where a man should always be buried by his son, instead there I was, burying my son. He was a 17-year-old football star, a senior in high school with a 3.8 grade...
View ArticleCommunity Dialogues with Assemblymember Marc Levine
We are excited to share the next installment in our Community Dialogues series. For this conversation, Mount Tamalpais College alum Bonaru Richardson and president Jody Lewen were joined by...
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Black Tears
Lil Treal died December 15, 2012. Where a man should always be buried by his son, instead there I was, burying my son. He was a 17-year-old football star, a senior in high school with a 3.8 grade...
View ArticleIntroducing Michael Howe, Chief Advancement Officer
Please join us to warmly welcome Michael Howe, the new Chief Advancement Officer at Mount Tamalpais College. Michael, who goes by Mike, is most passionate around issues associated with social justice....
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Two words for you this #GivingTuesday: thank you
While this year has been full of immense challenges, it has also been full of profound generosity and gratitude. Today we have some powerful messages of appreciation to share with you. Eighteen months...
View ArticleWho Am I?
“Once you aren’t considered human your life isn’t valued.” This is a quote from Rahsaan Thomas in his article, “How I Convinced My Incarcerated Peers to Make Language a Priority,” where he writes...
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