Overview

The Petey Greene Program has been active in Rhode Island since the spring of 2016. We recruit, train and coordinate undergraduate and graduate student volunteers—as well as community member volunteers—to serve as academic tutors and teaching assistants (TAs) for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We recruit volunteers primarily from:

Brown University
Providence Community (volunteers not affiliated with the above universities or who are not university students)

We primarily support students enrolled in high school equivalency programs, and focus on the following subjects: math, reading, writing, social studies, and science. Bilingual tutors are encouraged to apply!

We also recruit graduate students as volunteer TAs. Our TAs are matched with specific instructors in a facility and support the professor both inside and outside of the classroom.

Current partner institutions and programs include: