December 2025

In this issue

A Note from OPEEP’s Directors

At times we wondered if 2025 would ever be over, and now we find ourselves stunned that another semester is nearing its end. Regardless of how we experience time’s passage, we find ourselves…

LAM Collective at NWSA Conference

The 45th National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) conference was held in November in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This year’s conference theme, An Honour Song: Feminist Struggles, Feminist Victories,…

The Porosity of Love and Partnership in Prisons: An Update from the Philosophy for Humans Learning Community

by Kenneth Madsen and Alia Dietsch We have been reading Reiko Hillyer’s (2024) book, A Wall Is Just a Wall: The Permeability of the Prison in the Twentieth-Century United States, this autumn.…

A Visit with Ms. Judy Richardson

by Markeeta and Melody On November 17, 2025, Liberation At the Margins Collective had the extreme honor and pleasure of hosting a visit from civil rights activist, Ms. Judy Richardson.Ms.…

OPEEP Faculty Profile: fabian romero, Assistant Professor, Dept of Comparative Studies

fabian romero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies, affiliated faculty in American Indian Studies and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and an Ohio…

OPEEP Student Testimonial

by Sean Since entering the prison system, every attempt has been made to demean my human dignity, to erase my identity while affirming the worst characteristics, and slowly but surely I have…

An Update from OPEEP’s Learning Community at LCI

by Maurice OPEEP! Thank you so very much for allowing myself and the other associates to be a part of something so great! I speak for us all when I say we are all EXCITED to be able to learn,…