A classroom inside a prison. It changes more than you think.
95% of incarcerated people will eventually return home. Very few are given any real chance to rehabilitate while they're inside.
That's where Exchange for Change comes in.
Exchange for Change brings college-level courses inside Florida's prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities.
Education is one of the few things that reliably changes what happens next, for our students and for the communities they return to.
What you make possible
🔆 700+ incarcerated students a year
🔆 3000+ Prison Visit participants
🔆 80% of participants believe education belongs in prison
🔆 3 in 10 would now hire someone with record
🔆 Academic Partners: UM, FIU, FAU & MDC
Education that transforms
Exchange for Change has been teaching inside Florida's correctional facilities since 2014. Our volunteer facilitators, including college professors and seasoned professionals, show up week after week to lead courses in everything from writing and leadership to mindfulness and more. They do it because they share our belief that learning transform lives.
Prison Visits For Change
In partnership with The Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, Exchange for Change brings community members inside Florida's correctional facilities to meet, listen, and converse with incarcerated students. A prison visit changes how you see things. Many visitors describe it as one of the most meaningful experiences of their lives.
Building bridges of understanding
We engage the community through our Reentry Simulation, a fast-paced, hands-on experience that puts participants in the shoes of someone navigating the first month after release from prison. We aim to spread awareness and empathy for incarcerated individuals' experience reintegrating back into society.
Change Starts with You
🔸 $25 gives one student a chance to learn
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Building Bridges of Understanding
We engage the community through our Reentry Simulation, a fast-paced,
hands-on experience that puts participants in the shoes of someone navigating
the first month after release from prison. We aim to spread awareness and
empathy for incarcerated individuals' experience reintegrating back into society.
This work would never be possible without the support and partnership of our community. Your support means the world to us and to our incarcerated students!
Exchange for Change offers educational and communication skills-building courses to students who are incarcerated to amplify and bring their voices to the outside. Through advocacy and education, Exchange for Change provides vision and understanding on both sides of the fence.
Organization name
Exchange for Change
Tax id (EIN)
47-1315317
Mission Category
Human Rights, Advocacy, & Civic Engagement
Program Site Locations
All of Miami-Dade County
Annual Operating Budget
$250,000 - $499,999
Primary Population Served
Black/African American/African, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx, Justice-involved individuals
Address
550 NW 42nd Ave