PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Columbia University

It's safe to say Columbia blue suits David Norman much better than his prison jumpsuit ever did.

He sat in the front row with Columbia University's class of 2016, graduating as the oldest member at age 67.

The Harlem native only had one day of high school under his belt before going to prison for the first time, according to the New York Daily News.

Remember the classic Coca-Cola ad from the 1970s? The one about teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony? The marketers knew they could touch a chord in people’s hearts about the power of music to promote peace, to unify.

That’s what young prisoners at New York’s Rikers Island—the nation’s second largest jail complex—are experiencing.