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Hiring Former Offenders

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Johnson…Alice Marie Johnson was pardoned in 2020 after spending over 21 years in federal prison for her first and only conviction in a nonviolent drug case. She has been instrumental in criminal justice reform and helping former offenders become self-sufficient upon release. First, a little about Ms.

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“Actions speak louder than words.” with Len Giancola & Delane Parnell

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He or she might just see this, especially if we tag them. Jay-Z’s been involved with the Black Lives Matter movement and bringing awareness to the need for prison reform with Meek Mill. I really like this one from Jay-Z’s “U Don’t Know,” that goes, “ …if somebody would have told him that Hov (Jay-Z) would sell clothing?

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Jedidiah Thurner of Missions Me & Love Has No Limits: “Pride is not an option”

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For example, there are people focused in different areas such as child welfare, homelessness, prison reform, homeless or human trafficking, not realizing that this is all connected to the same “problem cycle.” He or she might just see this, especially if we tag them. Regardless, if it equates to real results?—?this Elon Musk.

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Ivy Le of Spotify’s FOGO: “Convene a truth and reconciliation commission”

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And we have an unbelievable number of people in prison for selling weed. I was the only mother of young children in a cohort of about 35 people working on K12 education reform when I was an Education Pioneer Fellow. EDUCATION reform! He or she might just see this, especially if we tag them. Pay a livable wage!

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Brandon Smith of ‘The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program’: “Work hard at something then sit on it for some time”

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Since then he has been an advocate for criminal justice and environmental reform. In 2012 I was incarcerated in Delano State Prison. I received a string of denials and rejections until almost 2 years after my release, when I finally got a shot to work professionally. He or she might just see this, especially if we tag them.

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Alyson Young of ‘The Learning Lab’: “Executive functioning skills”

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There is a reading to prison pipeline that many people do not know about. Third grade reading test scores are actually how the prison system predict what prisons will look like when those children will be 18. Teaching kids executive functioning skills as explicitly as we teach them that 2 + 2 = 4 is crucial to success.

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Lizzie Laws: “Be yourself!?”

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It was 2015 and I had been working as a Prison Officer for 6 and a half years. So, 15 countries, 3 USA summer camps, 1 Canadian fall camp, 6 blogs, 2 arm sleeves of tattoos, volunteer work, a sky dive, a bungy jump, numerous road trips, some questionable life decisions (I like to call them learning curves!) I am an openly gay women.