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280: 3 Characteristics of a Great Nonprofit Leader (Jeffrey Abramowitz)SUMMARYAre you struggling to balance mission-driven leadership with the practical demands of scaling your nonprofit AND keeping your team motivated and engaged? In episode 280 of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, Jeffrey Abramowitz shares his powerful journey from trial lawyer and incarceration to nonprofit leadership, and explores the three essential characteristics that define great leadership in the sector: listening, learning, and engaging. Drawing from his personal experiences, including time spent in federal prison, Jeff illustrates how education and workforce development can create life-changing opportunities for marginalized individuals. ABOUT JEFFREYJeffrey Abramowitz, J.D is the CEO of the Petey Greene Program. He was previously the ED of Justice Partnerships and served as the ED Reentry Services for JEVS Human Services and the Program Director of Looking Forward Philadelphia Reentry Program. Prior to his tenure at JEVS, Jeff was the Director of Workforce Development for the Community Learning Center and successfully completed a fellowship with Justleadership USA. Jeff proudly sits on the Executive Board of the Coalition on Adult Basic Education, COABE, where he serves as Secretary, and chairs the State Advocates for Adult Education Fellowship Program. Jeff was appointed to the Pennsylvania Reentry Council and serves as Chairman of the Employment Committee and Co-chairs the Reentry Committee for the PA Workforce Development Board. Jeff is the current Chair of the Philadelphia Reentry Coalition and was recently appointed to the Montgomery County Pennsylvania Public Defender's Association Advisory Board. Jeff is a subject matter expert for the US Department of Education, is the Moderator for the US Department of Education LINCS (Literacy Information and Communication System, Resource Collection) Community of Practice on Correctional and Reentry Education and has worked on the Integrated Education and Training (IET) in Corrections Project.EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESThe Second Mountain: How People Move from the Prison of Self to the Joy of Commitment by David BrooksHave you gotten Patton's book Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership: Seven Keys to Advancing Your Career in the Philanthropic Sector – Now available on AudibleDon't miss our weekly Thursday Leadership Lens for the latest on nonprofit leadershipReady for your next leadership opportunity? Visit our partners at Armstrong McGuire 

Send us a Text Message.Research indicates that around 60% of GenZs are inspired to donate to charity by social media. 55% of people who engage with nonprofits on social media end up taking some sort of action. This recording is of a LinkedIn Live chat with Stephen Knight, Director of Communications for JustLeadershipUSA.Join us as we talk about the themes of our upcoming conference session and what fundraisers need to know about social media in 2024.Our session at Bridge 2024: How to (Really!) Convert Fans to Donors: A Fundraiser's Guide to Social MediaDescription: The increase in digital programming and social media use has changed the way nonprofits raise money, build communities, and advocate for their causes. In this session, we'll discuss how to take people from passive fans to passionate supporters and create social media content that actually converts.Don't miss out on this insightful conversation to supercharge your fundraising strategies!

Stephen Knight (known on the internet as Knightopia) is not afraid to speak up for the least of these. His heart for the marginalized, his love for his fellow humans and his desire to see social justice in the world fuels him each day. His journey from working in a conservative mission organization, the Billy Graham Association and now fighting for the rights of human begins with Just Leadership USA is relatable, powerful and shows that our journeys are all very complex and important to get us where we are today!You can find Stephen online under the name "Knightopia" on TikTok  and  Instagram. But you won't find him on X (Twitter) because they suspended his account. (lol)Stephen will be at The Wild Goose Festival this month in NC! If you're up for a great time with great music, speakers and events, make sure you check it out!If you're interested in Religious Rehab, let Leslie know you want to be on the wait list for the fall Group Coaching Experience!  Honoring the Journey is hosted, produced and edited by Leslie Nease and the artwork for the show is also created by Leslie Nease.Interested in working with Leslie as your Life/Faith Transitions Coach? Check out her website and learn more about what she offers! https://www.leslieneasecoaching.comIf you are looking for community as you deconstruct or just a place to go and enjoy the company of people who are seekers, learners and who are looking to connect with the Divine without religious baggage, please join the Private Facebook Community! Leslie is very passionate about connection and community, so if that sounds like you, please come join us!

6.12.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Okla. Supreme Court Kills Race Riot Lawsuit, Ill. Cops & School Discipline, Pew Research Pushback   Oklahoma's Supreme Court struck down a lawsuit from the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who had sought reparations from the city for victims and their descendants. The Pew Research Center recently put out a report saying that Black Americans believe in "racial conspiracy theories."  Well, that report is getting some pushback.  We'll talk to the  President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA about why using such terms can be dangerous.  Illinois' 3rd largest school district is accused of using cops for minor disciplinary actions against black students.  We'll talk to the attorney who filed a complaint alleging racially discriminatorily handling of those students. We'll tell you why a member of the famous Motown Group Four Tops is suing a Michigan hospital for racial discrimination. I'll share my thoughts about rookie WNBA player Caitlin Clark did not get chosen to be on the 2024 US Women's Basketball Olympic Team. And I'll give a recap of the Warrick Dunn Charities 11th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic I participated in on Monday.  #BlackStarNetwork advertising partners:Fanbase

1.3.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: VP Harris' 1st Trip of 2024, Border Crisis, Kenya To Aid Haiti, Tips To Getting Your Baby To Sleep Folks are still asking what Vice President Kamala Harris is doing. Today, she was in Las Vegas, Nevada, congratulating Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on their successful new contracts. You'll hear what she had to say.  House GOPs are resigning, chipping away at their majority. We'll tell you who's leaving and what that could mean for this election cycle.  The border dispute between the Texas Governor and the Biden administration escalated after the Supreme Court was asked to remove the razor wire at the U.S.-Mexico border. We'll discuss this request with the Executive Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, JustLeadershipUSA.  Haiti continues to be in a leadership crisis as gangs maintain control over most of the country. I'll talk to a National Security and Foreign Affairs Legal Analyst about the help Kenya wants to provide the Caribbean country. And parents who are having trouble getting those babies to sleep. We'll talk to a Baby Sleep Coach who says she can help you get your baby sleeping through the night in less than two weeks.  Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could robbing a jewelry store set you on the path to being one of the biggest names in criminal justice reform? You may have seen Glenn as a media guest on NPR, MSNBC, Fox News, or CSPAN. Glenn Martin has had two decades creating impactful change in the arena of criminal justice reform. Growing up as the son of a Police Chief, Glenn took a different path with the wrong crowd that eventually had him serving a 6 year prison sentence. He got out and hit the ground running. He began his career with the New York Legal Action Center. Glenn went on to found and direct a handful of national organizations in the non-profit sector...raising over $43 million in just four years. He coined the phrase, "People closest to the problem are the closest to the solution but farthest from the power and resources." Glenn founded JustLeadershipUSA to tackle that problem. He began educating and training leaders of their communities how to have a strong voice and create policy change. His leadership has been recognized with multiple honors, including the 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. In 2015, Glenn was invited to the White House Oval Office to have a meeting with the President about criminal justice reform. That visit has an interesting story. Glenn now is the founder of GEM trainers that teaches non-profits how to be more effective with their goals and messaging. Additionally, he owns and operates GEM Real Estate that owns over 90 properties nationwide. This is an inspiring story of how to take action even if you only know 60% of what you need to because you will figure out the other 40% once you are running toward your goal. Glenn Martin proves second chances are real. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brent-cassity/support

As the leader of an organization that supports formerly incarcerated individuals, DeAnna must constantly assert her authority when working with stakeholders who do not share her background. Stevon and Juleyka break down how to take back your power when your knowledge or skills are being undermined, and he offers tips for leading and negotiating without compromising our values.DeAnna Hoskins is President & CEO of the nonprofit JustLeadershipUSA.Stevon Lewis is a licensed psychotherapist and coach. Learn more about his work here. If you loved this episode, be sure to listen to Giving Up on Perfection as the Standard and Asking for What You're Worth and Meaning It.We'd love to hear your stories of triumph and what's ahead as you grow. Send us an email or detailed voice memo to hello@talktoachievers.com, You might be on a future episode! Let's connect on Twitter and Instagram at @TalkToAchievers and email us at hello@talktoachievers.com. And subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts. 

Dirk Van Velzen World Changer + People Collector + Mountain Athlete Founder & CEO The Prison Scholar Fund  Go to www.thejasoncavnessexperience.com for the full episode and other episodes of The Jason Cavness Experience on your favorite platforms. Sponsor CavnessHR delivers HR companies with 49 or fewer people with our HR platform and by providing you access to your own HRBP. www.CavnessHR.com CavnessHR Crowdfunding Campaign We are doing an equity crowdfunding campaign for CavnessHR. You can become an owner in CavnessHR by taking part in our campaign. Learn more here. https://wefunder.com/cavnesshr  Dirk's Bio Dirk is passionate about prisoner education. While incarcerated for 15 years for a series of commercial burglaries in federal, state, and private prisons, he graduated at the top of his class at Pennsylvania State University. Seeing that others would walk a similar path, Dirk founded the Prison Scholar Fund (PSF) from behind bars supporting 110 incarcerated students before his release in 2015. Only 4% of the 83 released students have been reincarcerated, compared to a national 68% recidivism rate.  Released himself in 2015, Dirk graduated from a Nonprofit Management program at the University of Washington (2015), won first place in the Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch business plan competition (2015), and rocked a Social Entrepreneurship program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (2016). Dirk was accepted into the inaugural cohort of musician John Legend & New Profit's “Unlocked Futures” accelerator (2017), is a JustLeadershipUSA fellow “Leading with Conviction” (2018), and was invited into the American Enterprise Institute's Leadership Network (2019). During the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), Dirk built relationships with food suppliers and distributed, door-to-door, over $700,000 in nourishment to system impacted people and families facing food insecurity. Dirk finished a Nonprofit Leadership program at the Harvard Kennedy School, as he remains driven to open access to quality postsecondary education and transition support for all underserved prisoners in America to break the cycle of re-incarceration and homelessness. At the PSF, Dirk recently built partnerships with Coding Dojo, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon to offer a coding bootcamp free of charge to system impacted people with an aptitude of working in the tech industry. The average salary of graduates is over $90K.  We talked about the following and other items Motorcycles Spending 15 years in prison Prison Scholar Fund  Running a non profit How he was able to fund raise while still a prisoner The process to apply for the Prison Scholar Fund Dirk's Social Media Dirk's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirk-vanvelzen/ Dirk's Email: dirk@prisonscholars.org Prison Scholar Fund Website: https://www.prisonscholars.org/ Prison Scholar Fund Twitter: https://twitter.com/prisonscholars

Editor's note: At 00:56, host Mansa Musa misspeaks when quoting a report and says that 55 million people are in the system of mass incarceration; the correct number is 5.5 million.Over 1.9 million people are incarcerated in the US today, and even greater 5.5 million people are subjected to the wide-ranging system of mass punishment from parole, probation, and beyond. One organization, JustLeadershipUSA, seeks to tackle the prison system by building leaders among formerly incarcerated people, and fighting for change from the local level up. JustLeadershipUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins joins Rattling the Bars to explain the work of her organization and how it seeks to bring about to change.DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA as the President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, Ms. Hoskins has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron Granadino*Editors note: At 00:56 host Mansa Musa misspeaks when quoting a report and says that 55 million people are in the system of mass incarceration; the correct number is 5.5 million.Over 1.9 million people are incarcerated in the US today, and even greater 5.5 million people are subjected to the wide-ranging system of mass punishment from parole, probation, and beyond. One organization, JustLeadershipUSA, seeks to tackle the prison system by building leaders among formerly incarcerated people, and fighting for change from the local level up. JustLeadershipUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins joins Rattling the Bars to explain the work of her organization and how it seeks to bring about to change.DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA as the President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, Ms. Hoskins has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

*Editor's note: At 00:56, host Mansa Musa misspeaks when quoting a report and says that 55 million people are in the system of mass incarceration; the correct number is 5.5 million.Over 1.9 million people are incarcerated in the US today, and even greater 5.5 million people are subjected to the wide-ranging system of mass punishment from parole, probation, and beyond. One organization, JustLeadershipUSA, seeks to tackle the prison system by building leaders among formerly incarcerated people, and fighting for change from the local level up. JustLeadershipUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins joins Rattling the Bars to explain the work of her organization and how it seeks to bring about to change.DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA as the President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, Ms. Hoskins has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Today's guest is Deanna Hoskins, president, and CEO of Just Leadership USA. 

In this two-week series, we will be exploring the context and common concerns on “Managing Risk for Equitable Grant Making”. This week's episode is part one of a two-part panel discussion originally recorded at the PEAK 2022 Conference.Moderated by Build Up's CEO, A. Nicole Campbell and in conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Deputy Director, Melanie Brown, JustLeadershipUSA's President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins, and Herald Advisors Principal, Aleesha Taylor. This presentation was originally recorded in March 2022. This is a two-part series.Nic, Melanie, DeAnna, and Aleesha dive into the practice of progressive grantmaking, the inequities that traditional grantmaking has on the marginalized communities it aims to serve, and how to align the definition of risk with an organization's appetite for risk. You won't want to miss it.

In this two-week series, we will be exploring the context and common concerns on “Managing Risk for Equitable Grant Making”. This week's episode is part one of a two-part panel discussion originally recorded at the PEAK 2022 Conference. Moderated by Build Up's CEO, A. Nicole Campbell and in conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Deputy Director, Melanie Brown, JustLeadershipUSA's President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins, and Herald Advisors Principal, Aleesha Taylor. This presentation was originally recorded in March 2022. This is a two-part series.Nic, Melanie, DeAnna, and Aleesha dive into the practice of progressive grantmaking, the inequities that traditional grantmaking has on the marginalized communities it aims to serve, and how to align the definition of risk with an organization's appetite for risk. You won't want to miss it.

Nic talks with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

The JustUs Speaks Podcast, presented by JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA), amplifies the voices of formerly incarcerated individuals in the U.S. Hosted by JLUSA Movement and Capacity Building Specialists Lester Young and Hakim Crampton, the JustUs Speaks Podcast features interviews with directly impacted people sharing their experience with the criminal justice system and life upon reentering society. To learn more about JustLeadershipUSA and its mission to amplify the power of people who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system, visit www.JLUSA.org

In this episode, our guest is Ashish Prashar, the Global Chief Marketing Officer for R/GA, a campaigner, a writer, and his true life's work has been as a vocal justice reform advocate. Ashish started his career in journalism but quickly moved into an impressive career in politics in the UK, where he handled communications for the Conservative Party and former Prime Minister Tony Blair and served as Press Secretary to the former Prime Minister and Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Since moving to the United States, Ashish has worked on Barack Obama's 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign, midterm campaigns for the Democratic Party in 2018, and President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign. Ashish is known for his justice reform advocacy, a cause he has been devoted to since being incarcerated as a teenager. Over the years, he has created programs for the formerly incarcerated, actively serves as a mentor and a vocal advocate, and campaigned for legislation to restore rights to formerly incarcerated people that will protect people in prison. He sits on the Boards of Exodus Transitional Community, Getting Out and Staying Out, Just Leadership USA, Leap Confronting Conflict, and the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, and Ashish is a regular commentator in the media, contributing editorials and appearing in support of justice reform for outlets including ABC, CNN, NBC, and the Washington Post. Follow Ashish: https://twitter.com/ash_prashar _____ E-mail Us: asiansinadvertising@gmail.com Shop: asiansinadvertising.com/shop Learn More: asiansinadvertising.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asiansinadvertising/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asiansinadvertising/support

The right to vote is a basic American freedom, but  for people with felony convictions, figuring out if they can vote is a huge task. This episode looks at the history of felony disenfranchisement laws and explains how denying the freedom to vote to an entire class of citizens hurts voters, communities and our democracy. Also, Tennessee voters share their experiences regaining the freedom to vote after a felony conviction.Host and Guests:Simone Leeper litigates a wide range of redistricting-related cases at CLC, challenging gerrymanders and advocating for election systems that guarantee all voters an equal opportunity to influence our democracy. Prior to arriving at CLC, Simone was a law clerk in the office of Senator Ed Markey and at the Library of Congress, Office of General Counsel. She received her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2019 and a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University in 2016.Dawn Harrington is the founder and Executive Director of Free Hearts, an organization which was created to reunite families and keep families together by providing support, education, and advocacy, organizing families impacted by incarceration. During her time in prison, Dawn was disturbed by the impact of incarceration on families, especially moms and kids, and was inspired to make a difference upon her release. Today, Dawn is also Director of Special Projects of National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Just Leadership USA fellow, and advisory board member for Nashville Defenders and Unheard Voices Outreach. She has a Bachelor's degree in Recording Industry Management and Public Relations from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Information Technology from Bethel University.Blair Bowie manages CLC's Restore Your Vote project, which focuses on ending felony disenfranchisement by democratizing access to rights restoration services and working with directly impacted communities to dismantle systemic barriers to the ballot box through advocacy, litigation and policy change. Prior to joining CLC, Blair worked for five years as an advocate and organizer with the aim of increasing political equality and accountability. As the democracy advocate with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, she co-authored several reports on the post-Citizens United impact of money in politics, coordinated campaigns and messaging across the organization's chapters, and served as its federal lobbyist on campaign finance reform.Gicola Lane works directly with CLC's Restore Your Vote team to restore voting rights to people with past felony convictions through direct services, community empowerment and public education. Prior to joining CLC, Gicola served as a community organizer for more than five years for nonprofits, campaigns and grassroots groups. From 2018 to 2021, as a statewide organizer for Free Hearts, a Tennessee-based nonprofit led by formerly incarcerated women that organizes and provides support to families impacted by incarceration, Gicola trained hundreds of people across the state of Tennessee on the rights restoration process, and helped numerous people restore their right to vote.  Milton Thomas was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee and now works as a maintenance worker at the Martha O'Bryan Center. The Martha O'Bryan Center is a faith-based organization which provides assistance to residents in Nashville experiencing poverty, and Milton enjoys being able to help his community through his job there. He is passionate about voting and has voted in every election since having his voting rights restored in 2020. He would like to thank Gicola Lane, Keeda Haynes, and Howard Gentry for being very instrumental in him getting his voting rights back. Milton is also the father of five children.Links:Success! Study Shows That CLC's Restore Your Vote Outreach Increases Voter Participation (Campaign Legal Center)CLC's Restore Your Vote Toolkit Cited As Key Resource in DOJ Guide (Campaign Legal Center)CLC Urges Federal Agencies To Offer Greater Assistance with Voting Rights Restoration (Campaign Legal Center)About CLC:Democracy Decoded is a production of Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every American's right to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process. You can visit us on the web at campaignlegalcenter.org.

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

Over the next two weeks on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

What if you get a call from work to get home right now…you arrive, and your mom is in the back of the police car because she has murdered your dad – 5 years to that day you are walking through the gates of prison for a crime you didn't commit to serve a 50-year sentence. Well, meet my guest Ronald Simpson Bey on this week's podcast Nightmare Success In and Out. Ronald went through a dark 5 years after entering prison being involved in all the ugliness of prison mischief, until he read a book that changed his life. He began reading and studying up on the law and helping other people with their cases. He speaks of the pain of finding out his son, who he was planning to see on a visit, had been murdered that day on Father's Day. He forgave the 14-year-old boy who killed his son and advocated for him not to be charged as an adult. Ronald never gives up on the injustice of his case and finally gets a federal court to overturn his conviction after 24 years. He describes how it takes him another 3 years to be freed from prison because of our system. Ronald and his story are an inspiration of optimism…kicking unfairness in the face and succeeding regardless. Ronald is now the National Executive Vice President of Just Leadership USA that is doing important work for the incarcerated and those who have been released. Funny quote from Ronald getting released after 27 years in prison…“I felt like Fred Flintstone returning home to the Jetsons!” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week at the Non-Profit Build Up, we will be exploring the context and common concerns on “Managing Risk for Equitable Grant Making”. This week's episode is part two of a two-part panel discussion originally recorded at the PEAK 2022 Conference. Moderated by Build Up's CEO, A. Nicole Campbell and in conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Deputy Director, Melanie Brown, JustLeadershipUSA's President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins, and Herald Advisor's Principal, Aleesha Taylor. This presentation was originally recorded in March 2022. This is a two-part series.Nic, Melanie, DeAnna, and Aleesha dive into the practice of progressive grantmaking, the inequities that traditional grantmaking have on the marginalized communities it aims to serve, and how to align the definition of risk with an organization's appetite for risk. You won't want to miss it.

Over the next two weeks at the Non-Profit Build Up, we will be exploring the context and common concerns on “Managing Risk for Equitable Grant Making”. This week's episode is part one of a two-part panel discussion originally recorded at the PEAK 2022 Conference. Moderated by Build Up's CEO, A. Nicole Campbell and in conversation with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Deputy Director, Melanie Brown, JustLeadershipUSA's President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins, and Herald Advisor's Principal, Aleesha Taylor. This presentation was originally recorded in March 2022. This is a two-part series.Nic, Melanie, DeAnna, and Aleesha dive into the practice of progressive grantmaking, the inequities that traditional grantmaking have on the marginalized communities it aims to serve, and how to align the definition of risk with an organization's appetite for risk. You won't want to miss it.

Author Keri Blakinger discusses her book, “Corrections in Ink: A Memoir” with writer Piper Kerman. Keri Blakinger is an investigative reporter based in Texas, covering criminal justice and injustice for The Marshall Project. She previously worked for the Houston Chronicle and her writing has appeared in the New York Daily News, the BBC, VICE, and The New York Times. Blakinger was a member of the Houston Chronicle's Pulitzer-finalist team in 2018, and her 2019 coverage of women's jails for The Washington Post Magazine helped earn a National Magazine Award. Piper Kerman is the author of the memoir “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.” The book has been adapted by Jenji Kohan into an Emmy Award-winning original series for Netflix, which ran for seven seasons. Kerman collaborates with nonprofits, and philanthropies, and serves on the board of directors of the Women's Prison Association. She is also on the advisory boards of the PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship, InsideOUT Writers, Healing Broken Circles, and JustLeadershipUSA.

JustLeadershipUSA's President DeAnna Hoskins on reentry and ending the carceral state.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're so grateful Janos Marton joined us on the podcast this week! “Janos Marton is a born and raised New Yorker. He has spent his career fighting for racial justice and taking on corruption – as a civil rights lawyer, special counsel to the Moreland Commission to Investigate Corruption, and as attorney investigating police misconduct for the City of New York. In 2016 he was named the first advocacy director of JustLeadershipUSA, where he managed the historic #CLOSErikers campaign. He then ran criminal justice programs across the country for the ACLU. As a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney in 2020, Janos ran on a bold platform to use prison as a last resort, receiving praise for groundbreaking policies that became the gold standard in the race.” You're going to love this amazing, damn-giving human. Once you've listened, let us know what you think! NEXT STEPS: Follow Janos on Instagram and Twitter. Follow Dream Corps on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Consider getting involved in the work Dream Corps is doing! They're amazing and they need your help today. __________________________________________________________ Reach out to us anytime and for any reason at hello@letsgiveadamn.com. Follow Let's Give A Damn on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter to keep up with everything. We have so much planned for the coming months and we don't want you to miss a thing! If you love what we're doing, consider supporting us on Patreon! We can't do this without you. Lastly, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y'all!

Rabbi Michael Beyo and Dr. Adrian McIntyre talk with Glenn E. Martin about race and racism, antisemitism, equity, and criminal justice reform in America. For two decades, Glenn E. Martin successfully conceptualized, created and directed a handful of national multi-million dollar organizations in the non-profit sector. Glenn has occupied the important leadership role of "visionary," while developing a strong track record in the more pragmatic aspects of building and running successful organizations, including fundraising, operations, administration and communications. Before launching both GEMrealestate and GEMtrainers, multi-state real estate investment company and a successful non-profit consultancy, respectively, Glenn founded and served as President of JustLeadershipUSA for three years, an organization he built as a tribute to his son Joshua, dedicated to cutting the U.S. correctional population in half by 2030. For almost 20 years, since leaving prison, he's been a part of the vanguard of successful reform advocates in America. His leadership has been recognized with multiple honors, including the 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, the 2017 Brooke Astor Award, and the 2014 Echoing Green Fellowship. He is also a Founding Member of the Council on Criminal Justice. Prior to founding JustLeadershipUSA, Glenn was the Vice President of The Fortune Society, where he founded and led the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy. He also served as the Co-Director of the National HIRE Network at the Legal Action Center, and co-founded the Education from the Inside Out Coalition. He's also the founder and visionary behind the #CLOSErikers campaign in NYC. Glenn has served as a public speaker and has been a media guest appearing on national news outlets such as NPR, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, Al Jazeera and CSPAN. Conversation with the Rabbi is a project of the East Valley Jewish Community Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, neighborhood organization that has served individuals and families inclusive of all races, religions, and cultures since 1972. Visit us online at https://www.evjcc.org The Conversation with the Rabbi podcast is supported by a grant from Arizona Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act.The show is recorded and produced in the studio of PHX.fm, the leading independent B2B podcast network in Phoenix, Arizona. Learn more at https://phx.fm

Over the next two weeks on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

Over the next two weeks on the Nonprofit Build Up®, Nic is talking with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadership USA also known as JLUSA. DeAnna Hoskins has been at the helm of JLUSA since 2018. A nationally recognized leader and dynamic public speaker, she has been committed to the movement for racial and social justice, working alongside those most impacted by marginalization for over two decades. DeAnna leads from the perspective that collective leadership, advocacy for justice with reinvestment, and bold systems change are only possible when those who are most harmed are provided the tools and resources to demand change. You will not want to miss these episodes.

Stephen Henderson talks with Reuben Miller, author of “Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration,” and Ronald Simpson-Bey, a former prison inmate and executive vice president of JustLeadershipUSA.

Guy Hamilton-Smith is a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA fellow, civil rights activist, and a writer. Most recently, he was the legal fellow at the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at the Mitchell Hamline School of law where his work focused on civil rights litigation and policy in the area of sex offense registries and indefinite civil commitment. He currently acts as a consultant on a number of civil and criminal cases across the nation in both state and federal courts, and is awaiting admission as an attorney in the District of Columbia. Learn more about his work at  www.guyhamiltonsmith.com. The sex offense registry and the restrictions connected to it are promoted as making communities safer. But are they? Guy and I discuss the points and much more about this hot-button serious issue. The data and stories will shock you and the conclusions will challenge you.More info links to get started:- Did the Supreme Court Base a Ruling on a Myth? - The New York Times (nytimes.com) - Sex Offenders: Recidivism, Re-Entry Policy and Facts | HuffPost Latest News– To contact and for more info on The Community: https://sociatap.com/Thecommunity/– For resources and events in reentry/reform/decarceration work in Wisconsin visit the Wisconsin Decarceration Platform

On this episode, Mark interview his old friend Ronald Simpson-Bey, executive vice president of Just Leadership USA

Nancy chats with Ashish Prashar about his time in prison for a non-violent crime, how the prison industrial complex discriminates against BIPOC, and how to move toward prison reform and abolition.When you hear Ashish Prashar's lovely soft spoken British accent, coupled with his intellectual stance on the flawed U.S. prison system, it's really hard to believe he spent an entire year of his life in a dark prison at the young age of 17 for a non-violent crime. Sadly, he's one of thousands of BIPOCs whose lives will forever be impacted by a flawed justice system (minorities rep 80% of those with convictions). Incarceration has a profound effect that reaches far beyond prison itself: Millions of people are needlessly unemployed, underemployed or homeless just because they have a conviction. And did you know more than 75% of jail suicides involve people who had not been convicted of a crime?But today, Ash is a transformational leader, innovator and justice reform activist who prides himself as the first formerly incarcerated individual to rise from reporter to press secretary for high-ranking politicians, to the c-suite of an iconic company (R/GA). Ashish fights the good fight: he's campaigned for bail reform, ending solitary confinement, and the restoration of voting rights. He sits on the boards of Exodus Transitional Community, Getting Out and Staying Out NYC, Just Leadership USA, Leap Confronting Conflict, the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice. He champion's R/GA's second chance hiring programs across its 10+ offices globally. You can also check out his contributed articles to CNN, USA Today, Business Insider, Fast Company – all focused on prison advocacy. Ashish has a lengthy career in politics as Press Secretary to the former Mayor of London, campaign leader for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, supported President Joe Biden's 2020 US Presidential Campaign, played an integral part of Obama's 2008 US Presidential Campaign, the 2018 Midterms for a variety of Democrat candidates, and much more).Nancy: Website, Instagram, Twitter Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian American woman, an economist, and a huge politics and policy nerd. Nancy triple majored in Economics, Government (Political Science) and Gender Studies at Dartmouth and has a Master's in Development Economics from Oxford. She works as an Economist full time and has previously worked in economic policy at the White House (under Obama, of course) and progressive think tanks.  The goal of this podcast is to engage the state of the economy, and other pressing topics in politics, economics, and culture, all through perspectives inclusive of the lived experiences of people of color. Whether you're new to politics or already a huge politics nerd, we hope this podcast inspires community and conversation among us. Join us in reimagining politics and economics with underrepresented voices.

1. What does branded by society mean to you?2. Who gets branded?3. Who does the branding?4. What are the results of this social stigma?5. How can we specifically deal with the social stigma poured on the formerly invarcerated?6. Darwin Hamilton's life. book and work.There are 38 more published episodes on varying topics!Click to listen or watch the youtube videos at www.laughzandlyrics.com.The audio is also on all podcasting platforms and available by googling The Zennurgy Podcast. Some links are here https://linktr.ee/zenase.Peace and blessings.Artists, entrepreneurs, educators and community leaders are also invited to become guests. Fill out the Would You Like to Be a Guest form found on both the links above. Darwin Hamilton is a fifth generation Austinite and was featured in the 2015 #IAMBLACKAUSTIN interactive campaign by The Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce. His ancestral home is the site of the historic Dedrick-Hamilton House and the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility. He's an author, senior accountant and co-founder of the Reentry Advocacy Project (RAP) and member of the Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable, Travis County's Public Defender Office oversight board and District Attorney's transition team. He serves as Co-Chair, Board of Directors for Grassroots Leadership.Since 2012, he has worked as an activist, advocate and strategist on state and local criminal justice policy reform and his testimony was integral in helping pass Austin's historic Fair Chance Hiring ordinance in 2016. He has provided technical assistance to colleges and universities classes, municipal agencies and a sought-after panelist and lecturer on a variety of topics ranging from criminal, racial, social and environmental justice issues to eminent domain and gentrification.His personal mission is to change criminal justice policies and practices and reduce the shame and stigma of formerly incarcerated people. He does this through his own example, and through his strategic, inspiring and powerful storytelling. He's delivered keynote speeches to social justice organizations. He has testified before Austin city council and House Committees of the Texas legislature.Mr. Hamilton is an alumnus of Leadership Austin's - Essential Class and JustLeadership USA 2018 cohorts. Also, in 2018, he self-published his memoir 25 Years Later: A Sentence from Crime to Redemption, Resilience, Advocacy and Leadership. His op-eds have been published by the Austin American Statesman and ACLU of Texas. And now serves on the Advisory Boards of Inside Literature and San Antonio's Trinity University and UTSAFacebook - @Darwin Hamilton & @DH25YearsLaterTwitter - @dham629Instagram - @dham629Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-zennurgy-podcast/exclusive-content

The overhauling of mass incarceration to advance justice in criminal justice requires the leadership of people who have been directly affected by imprisonment and injustice. “We are proximate to the problem," says DeAnna Hoskins, CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, who was a mother of two young children when she was incarcerated during her struggles with addiction in the 1990s. "If our voices are not heard, we're going to continue to recycle this inequity." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/impact-alpha-tr/message

Our host Vanessa Gonzalez is joined by Congressman Ted. Lieu (D-Calif.) to discuss pretrial justice, its current framework, and the inequities that exist within it. Then, in a special Pod Squad segment, Sakira Cook, Senior Director, Justice Program, The Leadership Conference and The Education Fund, reimagines transforming the pretrial justice system with DeAnna Hoskins, President and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA; Katherine Hubbard, Senior Attorney at Civil Rights Corps; Chesa Boudin, the District Attorney of San Francisco; and Sharone Mitchell, Public Defender of Cook County, Illinois.

Deanna Hoskins joins The Great Battlefield podcast to tell her story from being a convicted felon to becoming Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Justice and her current role at JustLeadershipUSA where they are working to drive policy reform to reduce our prison population.

JustLeadershipUSA President DeAnna Hoskins dives into the company's dedication to decarceration in the United States through policy reform and how her experience as a nationally recognized leader and public speaker influenced her career path. Having been directly impacted by the system of incarceration and the war on drugs, DeAnna's life experiences have been the driving force to elevate awareness around the racial and social injustices that take place within marginalized communities. In the episode, Aaron and DeAnna discuss racial and social division in American society, how JustLeadershipUSA is tackling systemic change through their Leading with Conviction initiative and the barriers that she faced as a previously incarcerated individual. Tune in to hear how DeAnna's past continues to impact her everyday life, and learn more at jlusa.org. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Dara Cothran, Lindsay Hand, Julie Strickland, Nina Valdes, Maria Bayas, Michael Grubbs, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chief Marketing Officer at RGA. Ashish is an innovator, activist, abolitionist and change-maker, dedicated to using his power, influence and privilege to tackle justice reform.This is the Fast Company article which led me to slide into his DMs.In this episode, Ashish shares his backstory, being one of the few formerly incarcerated people in the c-suite. From being Boris Johnsons' Press Secretary (back when he was Mayor of London), working on the election campaigns for Tony Blair, Barack Obabma in his US Presidential Campaign to working with the Vice Chair of the DNC to mobilise the vote for President Joe Bidens campaign.We cover everything from:Black and Black kinshipUK politicsWhite supremacyCapitalismChallenging narratives from the past and presentWhat social justice needs to look and feel like; andWhy as the c-suite, sitting on the fence is no longer an option.About Ashish PrasharFind him on Twitter: @Ash_PrasharAshish is a transformational leader, innovator, and justice reform activist. Currently, he serves as the Global Chief Marketing Officer at R/GA. With over 15 years of experience, Ashish brings deep experience at the intersection of marketing and communications in building global brands. He joins R/GA from Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis. With a long and successful track record of leadership, he is a political communications strategist, most recently working with the Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee for Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Election and served as a campaign press secretary to former Mayor of London Boris Johnson.Known for justice reform activism, he was formerly incarcerated and went on to create programs for incarcerated peoples, campaigned for bail reform, ending solitary confinement, and the restoration of voting rights. He has appeared as a regular commentator in the media, contributing to ABC, Business Insider, CNN, Fast Company, NBC, and USA Today.Outside of R/GA, Prashar has a deep commitment to ensuring fair treatment of people impacted by the justice system and advancing rights globally, with the goal of abolition of prisons. Prashar currently serves on the boards on the Board of Exodus Transitional Community, Getting Out and Staying Out NYC, Just Leadership USA, Leap Confronting Conflict, the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, and is a fellow at the Royal Society of Arts.Historically, businesses have not been interested in taking a permanent, effective stand against our criminal justice system, loath to let profits slip through their fingers or worrying about alienating some customers. However, Americans are determined not just to call local police departments, prisons and governments to account, but companies, too. It's time for businesses across America to act. We will all have to look back on our actions in this moment and see how serious we were about justice and quickly discover what side of history businesses were on. You can start by hiring formerly incarcerated people. If you don't already work with a formerly incarcerated person, it's very likely your business is not doing enough on this front. This is not rocket science. Talent practices must also recognize that all people have potential. We have to hire on what an applicant can bring to a company. We need to give formerly incarcerated people the space to thrive, the opportunity to create, and the tools to develop their potential. Second-chance hiring is not preferential treatment; it's equal treatment through the elimination of unnecessary systemic barriers. It's equity.     

Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen and Charlotte Hancock, Executive Director and Communications Director for Generation Progress. We are now almost a week into the month of April, which Generation Progress—and many in the criminal justice reform space—recognize each year as Second Chance Month. Second Chance Month is an opportunity to examine the impacts of collateral consequences for justice-involved people and work towards solutions that would allow these individuals to move forward with their lives and realize their full potential. To talk with Brent and Charlotte more about collateral consequences, how they impact young people, and what can be done to mitigate their impact, they're joined by two expert guests.  They are Hakim Crampton, a movement and capacity building specialist with JustLeadershipUSA, and Duy Pham, a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Generation Progress' website is GenProgress.org and their Twitter handle is @GenProgress.  Brent's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Charlotte Hancock's handle is @CharlatAnne.  Hakim Crampton's Twitter handle is @SpokenFlowPoet and the handle for JustLeadersUSAis @JustLeadersUSA.  Duy Pham's handle is @DPhamK and the handle for CLASP is @CLASP_DC.

Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen and Charlotte Hancock, Executive Director and Communications Director for Generation Progress. We are now almost a week into the month of April, which Generation Progress—and many in the criminal justice reform space—recognize each year as Second Chance Month. Second Chance Month is an opportunity to examine the impacts of collateral consequences for justice-involved people and work towards solutions that would allow these individuals to move forward with their lives and realize their full potential. To talk with Brent and Charlotte more about collateral consequences, how they impact young people, and what can be done to mitigate their impact, they’re joined by two expert guests. They are Hakim Crampton, a movement and capacity building specialist with JustLeadershipUSA, and Duy Pham, a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Generation Progress' website is GenProgress.org and their Twitter handle is @GenProgress. Brent's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Charlotte Hancock's handle is @CharlatAnne. Hakim Crampton's Twitter handle is @SpokenFlowPoet and the handle for JustLeadersUSAis @JustLeadersUSA. Duy Pham's handle is @DPhamK and the handle for CLASP is @CLASP_DC.

Women make up the fastest growing incarcerated population in the U.S—yet, politicians and the media frequently frame incarceration as an issue that affects only boys and men. Why is so little attention paid to women and mass incarceration? What does the failure to include women in the analysis on mass incarceration mean for communities, families and the women themselves? What are the unique challenges women and girls face behind bars and after they are released? Helping us sort out these questions and more are very special guests: Sue Ellen Allen, founder and executive director of Reinventing Reentry. A University of Texas grad, educator, community leader, former inmate at Arizona State Prison and current activist, she found her purpose from serving time in prison. She is the author of The Slumber Party from Hell, a memoir about prison life, and the recipient of the Dawson Prize in Memoir in the 2009 Prison Writing Contest for PEN American Center. Piper Kerman, author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison. The book has been adapted by Jenji Kohan into an Emmy Award-winning original series for Netflix, which ran for seven seasons. Piper collaborates with nonprofits, philanthropies and other organizations working in the public interest and serves on the board of directors of the Women’s Prison Association and the advisory boards of the PEN America Writing For Justice Fellowship, InsideOUT Writers, Healing Broken Circles and JustLeadershipUSA. Kamilah Newton, a writer for Yahoo Lifestyle and associate producer for MAKERS. Her background is in advocacy, activism and social justice reform. She has been featured on CNN, Career Contessa, Miss Grass and Hello Beautiful among other publications. Most recently, she participated in a virtual reality piece directed by Al Jazeera called Still Here, which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Rate and review “On the Issues with Michele Goodwin" to let us know what you think of the show! Let’s show the power of independent feminist media.Check out this episode’s landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further reading and ways to take action.Support the show (http://msmagazine.com)

Hakim Crampton, Founder and Director of AMEN 4 Youth, sits down with Dirk van Velzen, Founder and CEO at the Prison Scholar Fund, to discuss his experience with the Innocence Project, life on parole, and his current work as a juvenile justice advocate. In this episode, Dirk and Hakim swap stories from their experiences going through the clemency and parole systems, and from their time with JustLeadershipUSA. Hakim also does a deep dive into his work teaching students hip-hop and rap to improve their literacy levels and classroom engagement. https://youtu.be/4C5Glqz8jhU   Invest in Potential - Make a Gift Today!

Shelby Henderson is a Smart Justice Leader and fierce advocate for keeping formerly incarcerated people at the forefront of reforming the criminal legal system, because those closest to the problem are often closest to the solution. Shelby has been a TOW Policy Fellow at JustLeadership USA, a graduate student at the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity and is currently in law school at the City University of New York. Shelby’s advocacy for criminal justice stands on the pillars of equality, love, redemption and unity. Gus Marks-Hamilton has been a field organizer with the ACLU of Connecticut’s Smart Justice campaign since 2018. Gus is passionate about promoting the political and civic engagement of people who have been impacted by the criminal legal system through advocacy, lobbying and direct action at the state capitol and across Connecticut. A lifelong state resident and graduate of the University of Connecticut, Gus is also Licensed Master Social Worker and Recovery Support Specialist. Anderson Curtis is a field organizer for the ACLU of Connecticut. In his role, Anderson is tasked with mobilizing and expanding the ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut campaign through strategic public engagement, identification, education, and recruitment of supports and volunteers to participate in ending mass incarceration in Connecticut. Anderson is a proud alumnus of Gateway Community College Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselor (DARC) and was the DARC 2009 Student of the Year. He recently completed the Community Foundation of New Haven’s Neighborhood Leadership program. Anderson developed Life Support, which is a Pilot program funded by Community Foundation and an extension of his mentoring of men on parole, helping them navigate their reentry. After 12 years of seeking paths of healing and freedom, Anderson lives with hope and dignity, despite barriers to employment and housing from the collateral consequences of incarceration, by being a voice for the unheard and uninvited.

Today on the podcast we have two of my favorite people, Glenn Martin & Richard Bronson, talking about how they each reinvented themselves after prison. They are both incredibly generous and reveal their struggles, disappointments, and frailties as well as their successes and service in helping others.Glenn talks about his journey from armed robbery to prison, to nonprofit executive, to founding Just Leadership USA, to entrepreneur, executive coach, and investor in Gem Trainers and Gem Real Estate. Richard discusses his Wall Street life, including at Straton Oakmont (made famous in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street"), prison, and then founding two companies to lift up returning citizens, 70millionjobs.com and his latest, Commissary Club.So coming up, Glenn Martin & Richard Bronson: Reinventing Yourself on White Collar Week. I hope you will join us. - Jeff______________________Welcome to White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, a podcast serving the white collar justice community. It’s the isolation that destroys us. The solution is in community.If you are interested in this podcast, then you are probably already a member of the white collar justice community – even if you don’t quite know it yet. Our community is certainly made up of people being prosecuted, or who have already been prosecuted, for white collar crimes. But it is also made up of the spouses, children and families of those prosecuted for white collar crimes – these are the first victims of white collar crime. And the community also consists of the other victims, both direct and indirect, and those in the wider white collar ecosystem like friends, colleagues, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, law enforcement, academics, researchers. Investigators, mitigation experts, corrections officers, reentry professionals, mental health care professionals, drug and alcohol counselors, – and ministers, chaplains and advocates for criminal and social justice reform. The list goes on and on…Our mission is to introduce you to other members of the white collar justice community, to hear their very personal stories, and hopefully gain a broader perspective of what this is really all about. Maybe this will inspire some deeper thoughts and introspection? Maybe it will inspire some empathy and compassion for people you might otherwise resent or dismiss? And maybe it will help lift us all out of our own isolation and into community, so we can learn to live again in the sunshine of the spirit.Blessings, לשלוםJeffRev. Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div. (he, him, his)Co-founder, Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc., Greenwich CT & NationwideCo-host, The Criminal Justice Insider PodcastHost, White Collar WeekMailing: P.O. Box 1, Woodbury, CT 06798Website: prisonist.orgEmail: jgrant@prisonist.orgOffice: 203-405-6249Donations (501c3): bit.ly/donate35T9kMZNot a prison coach, not a prison consultant.

This episode of Victory Over Sin features Michael Armand, a Just Leadership USA fellow, and advocate for criminal justice reform.Read More →

One of the great gifts of curiosity is that it takes you places you can’t foresee. That was the case for Elin and me July 4th when we slid over to downtown Ypsilanti to see the 2nd Annual Black Empowerment Awards. We were not feeling the patriotism associated with the national holiday with the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police and Ahmaud Arbery by white men who chased him down in their truck, and then the protests and rioting all over the country and the teargassing of peaceful protestors in Washington D.C. so that President Trump could hold a bible in front of a church for a photo op. When it was his turn, Hakim Crampton wove a tapestry of poverty, violence and a community forced into a corner by racism. His mom had pimped for his dad in Detroit and he became involved in drug culture in the sixth grade as a way to earn money and respect and this led to a life on the streets, hustling to earn money and sell drugs and deal with an awful lot of violence.Hakim freely admits he was no angel. In and out of juvenile detention and jail growing up, he carried weapons, stole, slept in crackhouses, shot people and was shot, and got in fights—all in the pretext of surviving. in 1992, at age 18, he and his best friend were convicted of a murder the previous year by all accounts he had nothing to do with. The confession a step brother gave to police after four days of relentless questioning implicating Hakim—a confession he later recanted—that led to Hakim’s conviction and time in prison in Wisconsin. This part of Hakim’s story is very similar to the murder convictions of five young black men in New York city in 1989, known as the Central Park jogger case, who were all totally exonerated after spending years in prison. Hakim spent 14 1/2 years in prison before being paroled. But his story doesn’t end there. Our conversation moves to his life where he understood he was on the wrong trajectory, to his rediscovery of poetry to his work advocating for and guiding young black men as a part of Just Leadership USA. This might be uncomfortable for some. I have to admit this conversation made me question my own ideas of racism and a naive sense I’ve carried that not being racist is enough. This is a little longer interview and I didn’t get to all my questions for Hakim so I don’t know if I’ve done he and his story justice. I hope you find something valuable in this conversation with Hakim Nathaniel Crampton.Innocence Project/Canada: https://innocencecanada.com/Rubin Hurricane Carter's story: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/sports/rubin-hurricane-carter-fearsome-boxer-dies-at-76.htmlClean Slate Program:https://detroitmi.gov/departments/law-department/project-clean-slate

In “How Hasn’t It Affected Me?” Alexa and Alissa have a candid, unscripted, and vulnerable conversation with Monishia “Moe” Miller and Guy Hamilton-Smith. We each talk about the ways that sexual violence has impacted our lives.As with all episodes of this podcast, we want to warn our listeners that this can be difficult to listen to. It is okay to listen with a friend, listen in short chunks, or walk away. To offer fair warning for this episode, in particular, we talk about both in the short and long-term impacts of sexual violence in our personal stories, including substance abuse, self-harm, eating disorders, workaholism and suicide attempts.This was a special episode for us to record. We spoke with two individuals we both admire and respect. The four of us created a safe space to talk very intimately and vulnerably about the ways that sexual violence still impacts us.Material like this can be hard to listen to. It may bring up triggers for you. There are resources available should you need. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (www.rainn.org) has an abundance of resources, including the National Sexual Assault Hotline.Some of the material we referenced in this episode includes:Van der Kolk, Bessel (2015). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.Classen, C. C., Palesh, O. G., & Aggarwal, R. (2005). Sexual revictimization: A review of the empirical literature. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 6(2), 102-129.Maker, A. H., Kemmelmeier, M., & Peterson, C. (2001). Child sexual abuse, peer sexual abuse, and sexual assault in adulthood: A multi-risk model of revictimization. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(2), 351-368.Nelson, E. C., Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A., Cooper, M. L., Dinwiddie, S. H., Bucholz, K. K. et al. (2002). Association between self-reported childhood sexual abuse and adverse psychosocial outcomes: Results from a twin study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59(2), 139-45.Arata, C. M. (2002). Child sexual abuse and sexual revictimization. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9(2), 135-164.Fleming, J., Mullen, P. E., Sibthorpe, B., & Bammer, G. (1999). The long-term impact of childhood sexual abuse in Australian women. Child Abuse & Neglect, 23, 145-159.Vandiver, D., Braithwaite, J., & Stafford, M. (2017). Sex crimes and sex offenders: Research and realities. NY: Routledgehttps://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/trauma-sexual-assault-and-eating-disordersMoe is an adjunct lecturer of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton, where she teaches courses in Juvenile Justice and Corrections. She received her Master of Science degree from California State University, Los Angeles in Criminal Justice Administration. Her research includes trauma and delinquency, youth services, and juvenile justice reform. She has worked as a youth advocate in the juvenile justice field for over twenty years.Guy is a fellow at the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA fellow, and a writer with bylines in The Appeal, Slate, and other outlets. His work focuses primarily on the ways in which legal responses to sexual violence are ineffective and harmful, particularly focusing on post-sentence registration laws and indefinite civil imprisonment. You can read his writing on his website, https://guyhamiltonsmith.com and follow him via Twitter, @G_Padraic.

James Stankevich is a serial entrepreneur. He begin at Birmingham chiropractic clinic, PC. In 1983… And had developed, with his partner, one of the largest chiropractic practices in Michigan. Since 2009, Dr. Dankovich has partnered in Danko modular, LLC, a start up to develop ergonomic office equipment, embedded logic‘s, ELX, Amplifinity and Potty Magic ... an Innovative and successful design for quickly potty training children. He is particularly interested in charity work and his company was developed with the idea of charitable contributions to worthy causes. He has started a fund, “Hand up not a Handout”, contributing to various causes in need of a hand up. Dr. Dankovich is particularly interested in Michigan justice issues and best practices. He has given expert testimony to various House and Senate Committees on Criminal Justice, Privatization of Services, Civil Service And is a number of Just Leadership USA, Safe and Just Michigan as well a Member: MI CURE Citizens for Prison Reform CAPPS Prison Creative Arts Project, University of Michigan Lit Review co-editor, Art Show Associate American Friends Service Committee, Advisory Board on Special Projects Michigan Council, Crime and Delinquency Prison Fellowship Kensington Community Church, Prison Ministry Restorative Justice International SOAP (U of M) Amnesty International Background music https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In the first of our three live interviews, our co-hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé talk with Eunisses Hernandez about her activism as a member of Just Leadership USA, which focuses on issues of drug criminalization and the intersection between race and incarceration in America. Featuring "Sage for my Soul," by Indigo Mateo, Produced by Richie Reseda. Main Theme by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Email the show! boldconversationspod@gmail.com USEFUL LINKS in the episode's show notes at patreon.com/smallbeans

Listen to this week's episode with Lester Young, Jr. as we discuss how to support formerly incarcerated people. Lester Young, Jr is a native of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. At the age of 19, Lester was given a life sentence (with the possibility of parole after serving 20 years). During his time in prison, Lester struggled with finding redemption and often wondered what his purpose was. While journaling he asked himself this question, “What is the footprint you want to leave in this world?” It was then that he realized his purpose was to be “that” voice to help at risk youth. With approval from the warden, Lester along with the prison chaplain began meeting to create outlines, programs, and classes to instruct and mentor fellow inmates. This is where the idea of him establishing his non-profit organization “Path2Redemption” got its start. On May 15, 2014 (22 years and 5 months later), Lester was released on parole. Even after his release, the outlines of his programs are still being taught in prison. Mr. Young is setting a new standard for “living a life of redemption”. His commitment to advocating for criminal reform is changing the way society has been proportioned to deal with incarcerated individuals transitioning back into society upon release from prison. As the “Statewide Organizer for South Carolina at JustLeadershipUSA, he specializes in developing and managing innovative campaigns in multiple cities. Lester is widely known for his work with the Mayor of Columbia, SC; in having the first statewide ordinance passed for JustLeadershipUSA's current campaign entitled “#Banthebox”. This campaign gives incarcerated individuals the chance to complete applications, job and/or housing, without being discriminated against for past convictions You can reach him at: Facebook - Lester Young Twitter - lester972 Instagram - path2redemption Email - path2redemption515@gmail.com lester young - FB lester972 - TW path2redemption - IG path2redemption515@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bethruffin/message

Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen and Edwith Theogene, Executive Director and Organizing Director for Generation Progress. Medical and health care professionals, sanitation workers, grocery store employees, delivery workers, and many other folks are doing essential work to keep us all safe. They are all putting themselves at an elevated risk of contracting COVID-19 while doing this work. There is another population of people who don’t have the option of protecting themselves from this pandemic—people who are currently incarcerated. To talk more about how this pandemic threatens the lives and safety of incarcerated people in the United States, and what counties, states, and the country can do to better protect them, the show is joined by DeAnna Hoskins, the president and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, and Anthony Robles and Jared O’Brien, organizers with the Youth Justice Coalition in Los Angeles. Here are the Twitter handles for today's guests and their respective organizations: DeAnna Hoskins - @MzDeHoskins, JustLeadershipUSA - @JustLeadersUSA, Youth Justice Coalition - @YouthJusticeLA The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress.  Brent J. Cohen's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Edwith Theogene's handle is @WhoIsEdwith.

This episode focuses on the intersections of affordable housing and criminal justice reform. Two experts from the campaign’s multi-sector Steering Committee join the conversation: Mel Wilson, senior policy consultant for social justice and human rights at the National Association of Social Workers; and Dylan Hayre, senior policy advisor at JustLeadershipUSA. In the episode, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hayre discuss the scale of the nation’s mass incarceration crisis and the legacy of public policies that shaped it; how housing instability leads to encounters with the criminal legal system; how encounters with the criminal legal system, in turn, create major barriers to finding stable affordable housing; the importance of cross-sector work; and the necessary solutions. “Housing is the foundation,” said Mr. Hayre. “It’s the building block from which a lot of other things can fall into place. For criminal justice folks, there’s an emerging recognition that we need to be intersectional in our approach.” “There is an education that we need to do with our fellow reformers, explaining that we have to put energy around investment of funds towards housing,” said Mr. Wilson. “This has to get as much of a priority as some of the other issues that we’re dealing with in criminal justice reform.” The National Association of Social Workers is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 120,000 members. JustLeadershipUSA is one of the nation’s leading criminal justice reform advocacy organizations, dedicated to cutting the U.S. prison population in half by 2030. Intro/Closing Song: Free Music Library, YouTube, “Clover 3” URL: www.youtube.com/audiolibrary

Ronald Simpson-Bey sits down with Dirk van Velzen of the Prison Scholar Fund to discuss his journey during 27 years of wrongful conviction and overturning cases as a jailhouse lawyer to the University of Michigan and the first cohort in JustLeadership USA's Leading with Conviction (LwC) program. LwC is a year-long, cohort-based advanced leadership training for formerly incarcerated, mid-senior level leaders with a specific and proven track record in advocacy and community organizing. Feel free to connect with Dirk van Velzen, dirk@prisonscholars.org https://youtu.be/HW7clGEJdSo

Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) is organizing the movement to unionize political and issue-based campaign workers nationwide. CWG Vice President Meg Reilly joins us to talk about why transforming the working conditions of campaigns is necessary for our end goals, how building worker power impacts strategy and what’s possible, and gives us a play-by-play of where to start if you want to start a union. Host Kate Werning and organizer Shanequa Charles share some of their experience and learnings from recently participating in the unionization process on the Cynthia Nixon campaign. Stay tuned all the way til the end for a silly solidarity song. With the 2018 US midterm elections upon us, Healing Justice Podcast brings you the SURVIVING ELECTIONS miniseries to help us all survive this political cycle together. Learn more & check out the upcoming episode list at www.healingjustice.org/elections --- This miniseries is sponsored by Groundswell Action Fund, resourcing visionary political organizing led by women of color, low-income women and transgender people across the country. This week, we're joined one of their grantees: LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter Fund. Pitch in to support Groundswell's critical work here: bit.ly/groundswellaction --- MEET OUR GUESTS: Meg Reilly is a union organizer and Vice President of the Campaign Workers Guild, a national independent labor union representing non-management workers on electoral and issue-based campaigns. Twitter: @CWG_Workers / Website: https://campaignworkersguild.org Shanequa Charles is a powerhouse community organizer from the Bronx. She is a leader with Just Leadership USA, works to end mass incarceration and advocate for criminal justice reform, and advances healing in her community via Miss Abbie's Kids. Twitter: @ShanequaCharles Thank you to Brittany Williams, Kim Huynh, Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Melanie Berkowitz, Duncan Meisel, and Sophie Lasoff for the song! --- JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Sign up for our email list to receive new episodes and election survival tips right to your inbox. (Come on, don't you want to receive at least one email this month that isn't asking you to chip in $3 before the reporting deadline at midnight?!) Sign up here: www.healingjustice.org/elections Talk with us on social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter  --- SHOW YOUR SUPPORT Please follow / subscribe, rate, & review in whatever app you are listening, and SHARE this resource with everyone you know who could benefit from it! This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice  You can also give a one time donation here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb --- THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOM & Sonja HansonMusic by Danny O’Brien & Zach MeyerProduction support from Guido Girgenti & Parke BallantineVisuals by Josiah Werning

Today Mark interviews Ronald Simpson-Bey, the Director of outreach and alumni engagement of Just Leadership USA.Read More →

“There’s only a certain amount of time that a person can languish in prison while they prepare for a trial.” To kick off our fall season of Audio Interference, we’re speaking with folks from the criminal justice reform organization Just Leadership USA about their work to cut the US correctional population in half by 2030. Just Leadership USA empowers people most affected by incarceration to drive policy reform. In this first episode, we interview Marvin Mayfield, Nishan “Prince” Jackson, and Shanequa Charles, three of the folks who are spearheading a city and state wide campaign to end mass incarceration in New York. To learn more about Just Leadership USA, visit www.justleadershipusa.org. There you will find more information about #FreeNewYork as well as their other campaigns. www.justleadershipusa.org/freenewyork The bills that Shanequa, Prince, and Marvin worked for and lobbied on behalf of during the 2018 legislative session did not pass. The following is a statement from Just Leadership USA aboutthe state of the bills: www.justleadershipusa.org/freenewyork-…ampaign-coo/ And here are links to the bail reform and discovery reform bills: Senate Bill S3579A: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill…3579/amendment/a And Senate bills S7722: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s7722 Information about how to support the bills can be found at the links above. If you are interested in learning more about criminal justice reform, you can also checkout our episode from last season of Audio Interference about the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, which pays bail for people who can't afford it in NYC, and the Close Rikers campaign fighting to close the jails on Rikers Island: interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…close-rikers/ A huge thank you to folks at Just Leadership USA for collaborating with us on this episode. Produced by Interference Archive. Music: “The Garden State” by Audiobinger.

"There's only a certain amount of time that a person can languish in prison while they prepare for a trial." To kick off our fall season of Audio Interference, we're speaking with folks from the criminal justice reform organization Just Leadership USA about their work to cut the US correctional population in half by 2030. Just Leadership USA empowers people most affected by incarceration to drive policy reform. In this first episode, we interview Marvin Mayfield, Nishan “Prince” Jackson, and Shanequa Charles, three of the folks who are spearheading a city and state wide campaign to end mass incarceration in New York. To learn more about Just Leadership USA, visit www.justleadershipusa.org. There you will find more information about #FreeNewYork as well as their other campaigns. www.justleadershipusa.org/freenewyork The bills that Shanequa, Prince, and Marvin worked for and lobbied on behalf of during the 2018 legislative session did not pass. The following is a statement from Just Leadership USA aboutthe state of the bills: https://www.justleadershipusa.org/freenewyork-campaign-responds-to-new-york-states-failure-to-overhaul-bail-discovery-speedy-trial-law-in-2018-legislative-session-statement-from-erin-l-george-new-york-state-campaign-coo/ And here are links to the bail reform and discovery reform bills: Senate Bill S3579A: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s3579/amendment/a And Senate bills S7722: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s7722 Information about how to support the bills can be found at the links above. If you are interested in learning more about criminal justice reform, you can also checkout our episode from last season of Audio Interference about the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, which pays bail for people who can’t afford it in NYC, and the Close Rikers campaign fighting to close the jails on Rikers Island: http://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-28-brooklyn-bail-fund-and-close-rikers/ A huge thank you to folks at Just Leadership USA for collaborating with us on this episode. Produced by Interference Archive. Music: "The Garden State" by Audiobinger.

Josh talks with Reuben Jones and Jondhi Harrell about recent criminal justice reform victories in Philadelphia My newest article is about taking a new approach to sentencing reform that ties reform directly to redressing racial disparity. I have written recaps of all 65 episodes of Orange Is the New Black. Reuben Jones is the Executive Director of Frontline Dads in Philadelphia. Both Reuben and Jondhi are Just Leadership USA Fellows. Reuben worked at the Pennsylvania Prison Society. Reuben discussed working with both the Leon Sullivan Trust and the Pan-African Studies department at Temple University. There is a lot of press discussing the Coalition For a Just DA that resulted in the election of Larry Krasner. Some of the press talked about how broad-based the coalition was. I think Reuben also made reference to what has come to be called the "Krasner Memo" where Mr. Krasner ordered his prosecutors to change the ways that they charge crimes in Philly. I was not able to find the 88.7% figure that Reuben referred to, but there is solid evidence that Pennsylvania has very high racial disparities. Philly does still have the highest incarceration rate of a city in the USA, but the number is falling. I believe this is the trailer for the documentary Beyond The Wall. The Creek doesn't technically still take prisoners, and I think they have zeroed out the inmate population. This is a huge victory for criminal justice reform. #CloseRikers is one of the most important campaigns run by Just Leadership USA. Jondhi Harrell is the Executive Director of The Center for Returning Citizens in Philadelphia. Jondhi and Reuben were both involved in the Change the Hustle campaign. This is a really good article about Jondhi's approach and philosophy of reenty.

Today, Mark interviews Lewis Conway, a member of the 2017 Just Leadership USA group.Read More →

Today, Mark is talking to Janos Marton. Mr. Marton shares his vision and the need for the incarcerated to see the truth and join.Read More →

Explaining the problems with cash bail. Midnight Run was a movie about a bail bondsman (Robert DiNero) hunting down a bail jumper (Charles Grodin) who was on the run from the mob. Here is the full report from the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard that we refer to throughout Episode 4. Just Leadership USA is a New York-based Criminal Justice Reform organization. One of their major campaigns is the Close Rikers campaign. They are also now pushing bail reform (synchronicity). Here is a good synopsis of the Kalief Browder story. I mistakenly said in the podcast that Mr. Browder committed suicide in jail. He actually committed suicide after release (RIP Kalief Browder). I made mention of Kalief Browder and plea bargaining. Here is some more context on his brave stand. Here is a good synopsis of the tragic story of Sandra Bland's trip to jail in Texas. There are a LOT of things I could post about the Macomb County Jail. Here is the link to the Independent Report that was done on Macomb. In addition, there have been a lot of recent deaths at the Macomb County Jail and 18 total deaths since 2012. Here is the Princeton study on racial bias in bail determinations we refer to during the episode. I am not sure I picked the most explanatory clip from a really important study. The article in The Nation Joel referred to tells a pretty scary story about what is happening in Louisiana and around the nation (no pun intended) with cash bail. When I talk about the research proving that bail makes us less safe, I am referring to research summarized and cited in the Criminal Justice Policy Project report cited above. The Supreme Court Cases I referred to were: Bearden v. Georgia Williams v. Illinois Tate v. Short The article Joel referred to as being from the Associated Press was an AP Summary of this Pew Trusts article about proposed changes to bail around the country. You can get a decent explanation of what we mean by Harm Reduction in this introductory piece explaining the elements of Harm Reduction. Most of the solutions that we discuss are summarized in the articles cited above.

S4E11: From Wrongful Conviction to Righteous Justice: From Rage to Grace Ronald Simpson-Bey was a jailhouse lawyer who got his conviction reversed for prosecutorial misconduct and subsequently won his freedom after serving 27 years in Michigan prison. In 1986, Ronald was convicted of assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm and sentenced to 50 years in prison. While in prison he became familiar with the legal system and began assisting other inmates with their appeals as a jailhouse lawyer. Eventually, his work led to his own release twenty-seven years later. Since being freed, Ronald Simpson-Bey has worked tirelessly to advance prison reform efforts, most recently through JustLeadershipUSA, an organization with the ambitious goal to halve the nation’s correctional population by 2030. In this episode, he is joined by Glenn Martin, former President and Founder of JustLeadershipUSA. wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.

Fact: More than 100,000 individuals in the US are held in private prisons and private immigration detention centers. These institutions are criticized for making money off mass incarceration―$5 billion every year―and have become a focus of the anti-mass incarceration movement. The Department of Justice under President Obama attempted to cut off private prisons, while DOJ under Trump has embraced these institutions. Few journalists or scholars have seen these prisons firsthand―until now. Join Lauren-Brooke Eisen―senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice―for the launch of her new book, Inside Private Prisons, as she reflects on her unprecedented access to our nation’s private penal system and what she’s uncovered about these corporate prisons. She will be joined by Glenn Martin of JustLeadershipUSA and CNN's Laura Jarrett will moderate the discussion.

DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint talk about this week’s news including, #metoo, the current tax bill, a study on the impact of teachers of color and the so-called “digital Muslim ban.” Andy Slavitt joins for a brief update on the GOP snuck health care changes into the latest tax bill, and DeRay talks with Glenn Martin of Just Leadership USA about closing Rikers Island Jail in NYC and the justice system more broadly.

Panelists Glenn Martin, JustLeadershipUSA; Kaia Stern, Harvard University; Rahsaan Hall, Massachusetts ACLU; Bev Williams, Criminal Justice Reform Campaign, GBIO; and Karlene Griffiths Sekou, Founder and Principal Consultant at The Dignity Project International, discuss carceral punishment in relation to activist strategies and the study of religion. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

Edelman Westside Mental Health Center - Dr. Nancy Nowlin-Finch and staff live audience. Carlos discusses facing 35 to life as a 16 year old then going to state prison as a 17 year old. Shot Caller the movie and how substance abuse and mental health affect public safety when individuals are sentenced to prison terms. How restorative justice can change public safety. We discuss the value of avoiding the “jailer” mentality and the benefits of peer mentorship between individuals including mental health professionals knowing their own personal limitations and asking peers for assistance. Check the Box: How to deal with getting gainful employment with a felony record. We discuss the importance of feeling “a part of” something (society)  when released. Daniel’s aunt (Dr. Nowlin-Finch) talks about gaining an understanding of  how incarceration affects a family member. Prison reform movement: Elizabeth Calvin (Human Rights Watch), Just Leadership USA and Glen Martin, #Cut 50, Bikila Ochoa , ARC Director of Policy, Scott Budnik ARC founder and producer of The Hangover Trilogy . SB 9 and the pendulum swinging toward major reform.   www.releasedintocaptivity.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Released2cptvty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Releasedintocaptivity/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/releasedintocaptivity/ Email Daniel: danielh@releasedintocaptivity.com Email Carlos: carlosc@releasedintocaptivity.com PayPal: support@releasedintocaptivity.com

Khalil is a formerly incarcerated advocate for social justice movements within the NYC area. He has worked within the re-entry community in NYC since 2010 when he was released after serving almost seven years in the NYS prison system. Since his release Khalil has worked with various non-profits as a service provider, policy analyst, advisor, board member, collaborator, and consultant.Read More →

Khalil Cumberbatch is the Manager of Trainings at JustLeadership USA, Columbia University Lecturer, husband and father to two young daughters. Khalil was sentenced to 11 years in New York State for a robbery in his early 20's. In this episode Khalil goes from telling us about his journey from Guyana as a child, to growing up in Southside, Jamaica, Queens,  to his hostility with his father, to his love for his daughters. Khalil exhibits tremendous insight into his experiences.     After his incarceration, Khalil was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and faced deportation back to Guyana one week before he was to graduate from a Master Degree in Social Work. Thankfully, he was one of two recipients of an Executive Pardon from NYS Governor Cuomo to prevent his deportation.     Learn more Khalil, his story, and his work: khalilcumberbatch.com {The AND} Mia & Khalil | Formerly Incarcerated Father Opens Up to Daughter:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1fwLN8EoT0 Columbia University School of Social Work:  http://socialwork.columbia.edu/faculty/adjunct/khalil-cumberbatch/ Tweet about this episode: #decarceratedpodcast /@decarceratedpod /  @_marlonpeterson  Reach out to Khalil:  Facebook - Khalil Cumberbatch - https://www.facebook.com/khalil.cumberbatch.9 Twitter - https://twitter.com/KhaCumberbatch IG - https://www.instagram.com/khacumberbatch/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/khalil-a-cumberbatch-14013b4a/ Leave a review on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, IHeartRadio, or wherever you subscribe. Please subscribe.

CJSF’s Allison R. Brown talks to Ronald Simpson-Bey of JustLeadership USA about his work to end mass incarceration, his own powerful story, and the connections between criminal justice and education justice.

In this episode Vivian Nixon speaks about her experiences with substance misuse, to being a leader amongst men, to hanging out with Michelle Obama and Oprah. Vivian Nixon is Executive Director of College and Community Fellowship, an organization committed to removing barriers to higher education for women with criminal record histories and their families. She is a Columbia University Community Scholar and a recipient of the John Jay Medal for Justice, the Ascend Fellowship at the Aspen Institute, and the Soros Justice Fellowship. She is a co-founder of the Education from the Inside Out Coalition, an effort to increase access to higher education for justice-involved students, and an advisor to JustLeadershipUSA.   Tweet about this episode at #decarceratedpodcast /@decarceratedpod /  _marlonpeterson / @HOLLA_Us Leave a review on Itunes, Soundcloud, IHeartRadio, or wherever you subscribe

There is a plan to close New York City's most infamous jail, Rikers Island, in 10 years, and Glenn E. Martin is a huge reason why.  Glenn, a Brooklyn native with West Indian roots, is the founder and president of JustLeadership USA, which is dedicated to cutting the US correctional population in half by 2030.  In this episode (recorded just three weeks before NYC Mayor De Blasio announced to close Rikers Island) Glenn speaks about his upbringing as a young boy in BedStuy, Brooklyn, race, his mom, being stabbed on Rikers, and his road to being a leading voice in criminal justice.  Glenn is well accomplished and was recently awarded the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Award.  To find out more about Glenn and the #CloseRikers movement, check out: https://www.justleadershipusa.org/ https://www.closerickers.org/ Tweet about this episode at #decarceratedpodcast / @decarceratedpod / @_marlonpeterson / @glennEmartin

Today Mark is sharing a word from Glenn E. Martin, who is an American criminal justice reform advocate. Glenn served six years in a New York state prison, and is the founder and president of JustLeadershipUSA. Read More →

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV welcomes Glenn E. Martin, founder and president of JustLeadershipUSA, an organization which helps the formerly incarcerated to hone the skills necessary for leading successful lives outside of prison.