PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Imprisoned cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is poised to impart his pearls of wisdom upon Vermont students Saturday.

The Washington Times reports Abu-Jamal – who was convicted of executing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulker in 1981 – will address graduates of Vermont’s Goddard College.

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“As a reflection of Goddard’s individualized and transformational educational model, our commencements are intimate affairs where each student serves as her or his own valedictorian, and each class chooses its own speaker,” Goddard College Interim President Bob Kenny says in a statement, according to the Times.

“Choosing Mumia as their commencement speaker, to me, shows how this newest group of Goddard graduates expresses their freedom to engage and think radically and critically in a world that often sets up barriers to do just that.”

The cop killer is a rock star to progressives and unionists.

This summer, the the Alameda Labor Council condemned Oakland Unified school leaders for censoring the pro-cop killer lesson plan, entitled “Urban Dreams,” and accused them of buckling to the intimidation tactics of the Fraternal Order of Police and Fox News.

In its resolution, the Alameda Labor Council maintains that Abu-Jamal is innocent of killing Faulkner and defends the “Urban Dreams” curriculum – which compared Mumia to Martin Luther King, Jr. – as “invaluable” for teaching students to think critically about social justice.

In 2012, “Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal” staged a sit-in at the federal Department of Justice in an attempt to win freedom for their hero.

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Organizers hoped to speak with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about why Mumia should be set free. They also planned acts of civil disobedience to draw media attention to their cause.

It’s unclear how Mumia will actually address graduates, though he frequently issues rants by phone.

The Times notes Mumia received a bachelor of arts degree from Goddard College in 1996 – by mail of course, since he’s serving life in prison.