Press Releases
New partnership with Commonwealth University da Vinci Center for Innovation
With the aim of supporting formerly incarcerated learners seeking to start or manage small companies, Resilience Education and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) da Vinci Center for Innovation are forming a strategic partnership. Both organizations believe that everyone deserves a second chance. They know that entrepreneurship can be a pathway to personal growth, economic mobility, and community development.
Resilience Education receives $2.5 million grant from Ascendium Education Group
Resilience Education has been awarded a transformative grant of $2.5 million from the Ascendium Education Group. This generous grant enables Resilience Education to expand its growing network of business schools, employer and correctional partners to prepare returning citizens to thrive in their professional lives post-release. As of June 2023, the Resilience Education curriculum has been taught in six correctional facilities across Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania.
New partnership with the Wharton School to provide business education to incarcerated individuals
Resilience Education is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. This spring, 16 MBA students taught cases within Resilience Education's flagship business curriculum to 25 incarcerated learners at the State Correctional Institution - Chester (SCI Chester) just outside of Philadelphia.