A community-university collaboration committed to disrupting cycles of harm by centering the leadership, art, and scholarship of people impacted by incarceration.
The Center creates space for research, education, and community practice aimed at transforming the systems of harm that shape so many lives.
The Center for Hope and Redemption is a community-university collaboration committed to supporting multidimensional work aimed at disrupting cycles of harm rooted in systems of oppression.
Through centering the leadership, artistry, and scholarship of formerly incarcerated people, we build bridges between the classroom and the lived expertise of our community.
One-Year Anniversary Exhibit — Spring 2026
Most people in this community do not learn Chicanx and African American history through history books. They learn it through murals, music, and the stories we tell each other.— Featured Artist, Center for Hope and Redemption
Conversations, exhibits, and readings that bring community voices to the forefront.
A community reception celebrating a year of programming, with new works from featured artists and open remarks from alumni.
Poet and essayist Claudia Rankine in dialogue with Project Rebound scholars on the afterlives of confinement.
A guided tour of the current exhibit with the featured artist and members of the curatorial team.
Work from formerly incarcerated artists bringing Chicanx, Black, and community histories to life.
Current Exhibit
Our current featured artist's work centers on Mexican American and Chicanx-inspired murals in Santa Ana, California — the storytelling tradition that carries community history when the textbooks don't.
Through the Center's partnership with Project Rebound, these works become anchor points for conversation between artists, scholars, and students about how public art builds belonging.
Thinkers, writers, and leaders whose scholarship and courage inform the Center's practice.
Moments from programming, openings, and community gatherings at PLS-140.
Grand Opening · 2024
Ribbon Cutting
PR Staff
Kids at the Exhibit
Reading Circle
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Open to CSUF students, faculty, and members of the community. Drop by, bring a class, or reach out to book a tour.
