WEBVTT 00:06.266 --> 00:08.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> THE MAN YOU'RE ABOUT TO 00:07.233 --> 00:11.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% MEET HAVE BEEN CALLED MANY 00:08.333 --> 00:12.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NAMES, MOSTLY INMATE, BUT 00:11.000 --> 00:14.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THEY'VE ALSO BEEN CALLED 00:12.200 --> 00:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STUDENT SCHOLAR, AUTHER AND 00:14.600 --> 00:19.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% NOW COLLEGE GRADUATE HISTORY 00:17.833 --> 00:21.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% MAKER LAST WEEK, THE 00:19.866 --> 00:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NORTHWESTERN PRISON EDUCATION 00:21.000 --> 00:28.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PROGRAM GRADUATED ITS FIRST 00:22.066 --> 00:28.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COHORT WITH MORE ON THE WAY. 00:28.233 --> 00:32.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> FIRST GRADUATES IN CUSTODY 00:28.966 --> 00:35.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF 00:32.466 --> 00:35.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AMERICA TO EARN A BACHELOR'S 00:35.000 --> 00:40.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY. IT'S 00:35.800 --> 00:41.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% NOT GRADUATION SEASON. 00:40.066 --> 00:44.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY 00:41.200 --> 00:45.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REASON TODAY WAS A LONG TIME 00:44.733 --> 00:47.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% COMING FOR THIS CLASS OF 2023 00:45.466 --> 00:49.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AGO. THIS MOMENT RIGHT I 00:47.900 --> 00:54.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% DEFINITELY WANT 00:49.800 --> 00:56.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> FOR LAST WEEK STORY, WE 00:54.133 --> 01:01.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FIRST MET BERNARD MCKINLEY AND 00:56.733 --> 01:03.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HIS 15 CLASSMATES A YEAR AGO. 01:01.733 --> 01:04.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MIDWAY THROUGH THEIR LAST YEAR 01:03.066 --> 01:05.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AT PROFESSORS AND TEACHING 01:04.866 --> 01:06.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ASSISTANTS MAKING THE REGULAR 01:05.833 --> 01:07.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% TRIP TO STATE BILL 01:06.533 --> 01:09.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% CORRECTIONAL CENTER NEAR 01:07.200 --> 01:10.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% JOLIET FOR CLASSES. 01:09.766 --> 01:13.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> IN BETWEEN CLASSES, 01:10.366 --> 01:14.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STUDENTS DO THE WORK BEHIND 01:13.433 --> 01:17.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% PRISON WALLS. THIS COHORT 01:14.100 --> 01:20.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC. 01:17.766 --> 01:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> THEY DID. YOU 6 BY 01:20.800 --> 01:24.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CORRESPONDENCE. WE HAD STAFF 01:21.700 --> 01:25.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% DRIVING BOXES TO AND FROM 01:24.700 --> 01:27.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REALLY COMMUNITY, GRASSROOTS 01:25.433 --> 01:31.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% EFFORT 01:27.633 --> 01:32.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> DURING THEIR CEREMONY, A 01:31.666 --> 01:33.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CLEAR CELEBRATION IN A PLACE 01:32.366 --> 01:36.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHERE THERE'S OFTEN LITTLE TO 01:33.100 --> 01:37.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CELEBRATE. EACH GRADUATE. GET 01:36.333 --> 01:42.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% A 2 MINUTE SPEECH. THIS 01:37.900 --> 01:45.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MOMENT. IS THE CULMINATION OF 01:42.333 --> 01:48.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% LITERALLY 30 YEARS. OF PEOPLE 01:45.033 --> 01:49.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% POURING INTO ME DEMONSTRATING 01:48.833 --> 01:50.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED WHEN YOU 01:49.866 --> 01:51.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COME TO PRISON, YOU'RE GOING 01:50.666 --> 01:54.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO GET AN EDUCATION NO MATTER 01:51.400 --> 01:55.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% WHAT. I GUARANTEE IT. 01:54.166 --> 01:56.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> BUT IT'S UP TO THE 01:55.300 --> 01:58.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% LAWMAKERS WHAT EDUCATION YOU 01:56.366 --> 02:00.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GET AND HOW THEY INTEND TO USE 01:58.333 --> 02:01.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT AT DAWN COMMITTEE. AND YOUR 02:00.300 --> 02:05.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LIFE. YOU THINK YOU DESERVE 02:01.233 --> 02:07.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% HOPE. PURPOSE? 02:05.933 --> 02:09.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> ONE OF THE GRADUATES 44 02:07.000 --> 02:11.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YEAR-OLD ANDRE PATTERSON, WHO 02:09.500 --> 02:12.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% USED HIS LESSONS IN 02:11.633 --> 02:15.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PERFORMANCE TO MAKE HIS POINT. 02:12.366 --> 02:18.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I REALLY WANTED TO. CONVEY TO 02:15.133 --> 02:20.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TALENT THE CHALLENGES THAT I 02:18.966 --> 02:22.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% HAD TO PERSONALLY BUT ALONG 02:20.100 --> 02:23.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE WAY, WHILE I WAS FACING 02:22.600 --> 02:23.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% PERSONAL CHALLENGES. 02:23.200 --> 02:26.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I KIND OF HAD A REALIZATION 02:23.933 --> 02:28.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT. I WASN'T GOING THROUGH 02:26.500 --> 02:30.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THIS JUST FOR ME. I'M GOING 02:28.100 --> 02:33.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THROUGH THIS FOR. ALL OF US. 02:30.466 --> 02:36.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MY COMMUNITY HERE, BUT ALSO 02:33.466 --> 02:37.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THE COMMUNITY, OUTSIDE. 02:36.766 --> 02:40.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> PATTERSON GREW UP IN 02:37.466 --> 02:41.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% EVANSTON IN THE SHADOW OF 02:40.666 --> 02:42.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. NEVER 02:41.466 --> 02:44.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THINKING HE WOULD SOMEDAY HOLD 02:42.800 --> 02:47.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% A DEGREE FROM THE ELITE 02:44.866 --> 02:48.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% INSTITUTION, THOUGH HE DOES 02:47.500 --> 02:49.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TODAY. IT'S NOT THE DIPLOMA. 02:48.766 --> 02:52.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HE'S MOST PROUD THESE THINGS 02:49.900 --> 02:52.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TO 02:52.533 --> 02:53.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% ME. 02:52.800 --> 02:54.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS THIS IS 02:53.533 --> 02:58.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. BUT 02:54.733 --> 02:59.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT'S THE JONI TO GET HERE. AND 02:58.933 --> 03:03.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT'S THE POTENTIAL POSSIBILITY 02:59.666 --> 03:04.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% OF WHAT. 03:03.433 --> 03:06.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> I CONTRIBUTE. ANOTHER SHOW 03:04.166 --> 03:09.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OF HOW EXCEPTIONAL SCENES LIKE 03:06.666 --> 03:11.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THIS ARE RENOWNED JOURNALIST 03:09.466 --> 03:12.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% TOM COATS SERVED AS 03:11.666 --> 03:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER. I READ 03:12.966 --> 03:15.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SOMEONE WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, 03:13.633 --> 03:15.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COPING WITH STAGE 4 PROSTATE 03:15.066 --> 03:23.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CANCER AS THEY WENT THROUGH 03:15.733 --> 03:24.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% THE PROGRAM. 03:23.766 --> 03:25.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> RATHER YOU THE SAME ONE 03:24.433 --> 03:28.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THAT THIS IS YOUR BOOK TO 03:25.066 --> 03:29.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% WRITE. 03:28.433 --> 03:32.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> TELLING THEM AND HOW MUCH 03:29.133 --> 03:33.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YOU CAN RELATE TO WHERE THEY 03:32.500 --> 03:38.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COME FROM. AND I KNEW I HAD TO 03:33.233 --> 03:42.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOU. 03:38.200 --> 03:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUT I KNOW YOU. I DON'T KNOW 03:42.166 --> 03:48.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU. BUT I LOVE IT. THROUGHOUT 03:47.533 --> 03:50.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THE CEREMONY. THERE WERE 03:48.333 --> 03:53.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MULTIPLE CHEERS FOR ONE PERSON 03:50.233 --> 03:53.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IN PARTICULAR. LOVE YOU. 03:53.033 --> 03:57.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% JENNIFER 03:53.400 --> 03:58.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> JENNIFER LACKEY. THE 03:57.433 --> 04:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% PROGRAM'S DIRECTOR AND THE 03:58.800 --> 04:01.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% COHORTS MATRIARCH PROFESSOR 04:00.266 --> 04:04.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% JENNIFER LACKEY WHO SAYS SHE 04:01.200 --> 04:05.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DOES THIS WORK IN PART TO MAKE 04:04.500 --> 04:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% AN EXAMPLE PLACES LIKE 04:05.300 --> 04:09.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% NORTHWESTERN WITH TRIP, YOU 04:06.000 --> 04:10.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% KNOW, KIND OF 04:09.233 --> 04:10.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> MENTS RESOURCES AND 04:10.033 --> 04:12.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% EXCELLENCE REALLY SHOULD BE 04:10.733 --> 04:14.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE ONES TO STEP UP TO DO THIS 04:12.733 --> 04:17.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WORK. I THINK THAT WHAT WE 04:14.466 --> 04:18.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WANT TO DO IS SET A MODEL FOR 04:17.300 --> 04:19.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHAT PRISON EDUCATION CAN LOOK 04:18.033 --> 04:22.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% LIKE. WE WANT TO SHOW WHAT'S 04:19.466 --> 04:23.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% POSSIBLE AND THAT YOU CAN 04:22.200 --> 04:25.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TRULY OFFER THE SAME QUALITY 04:23.533 --> 04:28.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF EDUCATION THAT YOU PROVIDE 04:25.333 --> 04:29.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ON YOUR CAMPUS IS EVEN US 04:28.433 --> 04:30.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% FACILITY THAT HAS NOT SOME 04:29.933 --> 04:32.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SECURITY STUDENTS BUT ALSO TO 04:30.666 --> 04:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% INSPIRE HOPE. THIS IS A 04:32.500 --> 04:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COMMUNITY TOO. AND I THINK A 04:34.533 --> 04:36.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY 04:35.666 --> 04:40.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DIRECTED AT LIKE WHAT ARE WHAT 04:36.833 --> 04:40.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YOU DO WITH THIS ON OUTSIDE? 04:40.000 --> 04:44.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THIS IS A SPACE TO WHERE THERE 04:40.766 --> 04:47.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ARE LIVES LIT AND BEING ABLE 04:44.166 --> 04:49.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TO BRING MENTORS AND TUTORS 04:47.200 --> 04:50.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SENT, YOU KNOW, TEA'S TO THIS 04:49.000 --> 04:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SPACE IS LIFE CHANGING FOR 04:50.000 --> 04:52.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% MANY OF THE MEN HERE IN THIS 04:50.733 --> 04:54.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% COMMUNITY. AND FOR THERE 04:52.600 --> 04:56.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CHILDREN AND MOTHERS. AND, YOU 04:54.566 --> 04:57.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% KNOW, LOVED ONES BACK HOME. 04:56.633 --> 05:00.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHILE SOME OF THESE MEN MAY 04:57.766 --> 05:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ONLY TRY THEIR DEGREES FROM 05:00.433 --> 05:02.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% INSIDE PRISON, OTHERS WILL 05:01.100 --> 05:05.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 05:02.800 --> 05:08.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BENARD MCKINLEY IS ONE OF THEM 05:05.800 --> 05:09.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GOING HOME IN MARCH AFTER 19 05:08.066 --> 05:11.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YEARS IN PRISON. THIS IS WHAT 05:09.133 --> 05:11.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% YOU OPPORTUNITY. LOOKS 05:11.266 --> 05:14.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> WIND IS NOT THE ROLE 05:11.866 --> 05:18.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BLOCKS. KEEPING FROM BEING 05:14.500 --> 05:18.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE OTHER 05:18.066 --> 05:21.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SOCIAL DYNAMICS THAT PUT IN 05:18.766 --> 05:24.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PLACE OATH. AND IF YOU GIVE 05:21.233 --> 05:30.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE CHANCE TO LIKE I THE CREWS 05:24.133 --> 05:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% GO REST IT. 05:30.500 --> 05:31.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> BERNARD MCKINLEY WAS THE 05:31.200 --> 05:33.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FIRST PERSON IN ILLINOIS TO 05:31.900 --> 05:35.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% TAKE THE L SAT WHILE 05:33.766 --> 05:35.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% INCARCERATED. HE'S PLANNING TO 05:35.333 --> 05:36.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% APPLY TO NORTHWESTERN LAW 05:35.966 --> 05:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SCHOOL AND HOPES TO BECOME A 05:36.700 --> 05:40.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY. THERE 05:38.933 --> 05:42.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% ARE 3 OR COHORTS OF MEN 05:40.900 --> 05:43.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% ENROLLED AT STATESVILLE, 2