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Dr. James “JC” Cavitt
M.S.W., D.M.F.T.
Executive Director
M.S.W., D.M.F.T.
Executive Director
Introduction
JC earned an Associate’s Degree from Patten University through the Prison University Project at San Quentin. He graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and earned his Master’s degree in Social Work at Cal State Long Beach. He is the recipient of the John Irwin Memorial Scholarship and the Epsilon Epsilon Scholarship. JC is committed to empowering those who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. He is passionate about restorative justice, criminal justice reform, and disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline.
Contact: (657) 217-4818 · Email JC Cavitt
Video Presentations & Appearances
- TED Talk with John Legend & James "JC" Cavitt
- TEDx San Quentin
- Formerly Incarcerated TEDx (Playlist)
- CSU Faculty Innovation and Teaching Award (2017)
- Santa Ana Unified School District Empowerment Conference at CSUF
- Butterscotch Performs with JC Cavitt at San Quentin Prison - The Last Mile 2018
- The Last Mile - Demo Day 2012
- James "JC" Cavitt TLM Demo Day 2015
- IPP Video (Nov. 2017)
- SQ TRUST Program
- Post Traumatic Thriving
- CORE IQ: How to Get Yourself Unstuck
- CORE IQ: QTIP
- UnCommon Hero
- UCL Fight For Freedom
- News Nation Morning in America
- Last Mile Radio Sirius XM
- The Peace Alliance Podcast
- Visions and Solutions Podcast
- Trauma-Informed LA
News & Media Coverage
- "CSUF's Project Rebound Graduates on the Path to Success,"
- Project Rebound students at CSUF share their stories of success
- From prison to a campus home: CSUF welcomes formerly incarcerated students
- Project Rebound students at CSUF share their stories of success
- CSUF's Project Rebound helps formerly incarcerated students reinvent their lives
- Mt. Tam College announces first winners of MTC Alumni Scholarship Program
- The Nation Magazine - College Housing for Formerly Incarcerated Students
- Revolutionary housing: Colleges supporting formerly incarcerated students
- LAP Progressive - Incarceration Rehabilitation
- TITAN MAG: Boundless Opportunity
- The Upside - John Legend and Reformed Inmate Show Power of Forgiveness
- AskMen.com - Lessons from San Quentin
- The Huff Post - What Is A Typical Inmate
Academic & Research
- LONG-TERM INCARCERATION AND THE MORAL LIMITS OF PUNISHMENT (PDF)
- Ph.D. Candidate Recognized for Research on Health Disparities Among Immigrants
- Mount Tamalpais College - James J.C. Cavitt (PDF)
- Fundamentals of Fatherhood - Long Beach
- SQ NEWS: MC Hammer (PDF)
- UCL Newsletter (PDF)
- USC Unchained Scholars
- INC.com - 8 Success Principles That Helped Me Transition
Articles & Publications
Information coming soon.
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