Remark Navigation
We empower individuals who have experienced incarceration to achieve their academic and professional goals on their own terms.
At Remark Navigation, we are dedicated to providing formerly incarcerated students with wide-ranging academic support until they have met their educational goals. Reentering society after a long prison sentence is never an easy process and transitioning from college-in-prison to college on traditional campuses comes with its own unique barriers. Our team works alongside recently released students in wide-ranging individual sessions to talk about goals and plans, put together college and graduate applications, research and apply for funding, work on digital skill-building, address student-professor dynamics, and talk through assignments. While our focus is academic, we also learn from our students about all the pieces that make going back to school feel possible or out of reach, like family, housing, money, transportation, jobs, and mental health. While we are clear with our students that we do not provide direct traditional reentry services, we are able to offer students limited emergency funds up to $1,000 from our “In My Corner” fund. We also connect students with reentry support resources in our network.
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Credit Score Building Program
In partnership with Tompkins Community Bank, this program provides small loans to college-in-prison alumni who have recently returned to their communities, allowing them to build credit while gaining valuable financial literacy skills.
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In My Corner Fund
Barriers to success aren’t always big expenses, but often little ones that can mean choosing between gas for the week or buying course materials. In honor of Willie Marshall, who understood that these little things make BIG differences, we created the In My Corner Fund to help offset some of these costs and offer emergency assistance. Willie was the master of noticing what people needed and providing support without fanfare. His kindness was practical, his advice was honest, and his help always came with a clear-eyed understanding of the very real ways that we are all connected. This fund carries forward Willie’s legacy by honoring his practice of showing up for others. After all, everyone deserves someone in their corner.
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