We all have a story, rich in plot and full of characters. The chapters progress in chronological order, mostly, weaving the fine details of our lives through the colorful fabric. And, within our tales, there is often conflict and resolution, action and stillness, heartbreak and joy. The setting can feel predetermined, the families and homes…
Keepers of the Commons is creating a new way to stimulate neighborhoods by identifying and connecting often overlooked community leaders to well-established policy and ideas events. We are cultivating local talent to diversify the pipeline by thinking differently about the traditional leadership development paradigm. I am honored to have been a 2017 The Keepers Of…
From Host Meredith Atwood: Episode 112 of the Same 24 Hours Podcast is with the Rev. Jeff Grant (@revjeffgrant), a successful attorney who “lost it all” and gained a true calling and purpose. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ From addiction to prison to ministry, Jeff has a fascinating story – and I enjoyed my chat with him so…
From Host Meredith Atwood: Episode 112 of the Same 24 Hours Podcast is with the Rev. Jeff Grant (@revjeffgrant), a successful attorney who “lost it all” and gained a true calling and purpose. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ From addiction to prison to ministry, Jeff has a fascinating story – and I enjoyed my chat with him so…
Paul’s email to me, after hearing my interview on the Rich Roll podcast, was moving and powerful. It reminded me so much of my recovery from my own parents that I contacted him in the U.K. (he’s a Brit, his father now lives in the U.S.) and asked him if we could post it as a…
by Markeshia Ricks | Reprinted from New Haven Independent, May 14, 2019 When Cornell Scott Hill Health Center CEO Michael Taylor was a kid growing up in West Philadelphia, he didn’t know that he would one day lead one of Connecticut’s oldest and largest community health centers.He just knew he wanted to help people like…
Reprinted from The Rich Roll Podcast, May 9, 2019, Episode 440 Our White Collar/Nonviolent Online Support Group meets Mondays, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. Details at prisonist.org. From Rich Roll: An epidemic of colossal proportions, millions struggle with substance addiction. Suffering in silence, they too often slip through the cracks, desperate and alone. As…
Reprinted from The Rich Roll Podcast, May 9, 2019, Episode 440 Our White Collar/Nonviolent Online Support Group meets Mondays, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. Details at prisonist.org. From Rich Roll: An epidemic of colossal proportions, millions struggle with substance addiction. Suffering in silence, they too often slip through the cracks, desperate and alone. As…
By Thomas Breen, Reprinted from the New Haven Independent, April 30, 2019 Philosopher Gregg Caruso has one big problem with punishment: It doesn’t work. In a world where social determinants like poverty, abuse, and malnutrition play a much larger role than individual choices in shaping the course of one’s life, he argued, a criminal justice…
Our friend Venezia (Venice) Michalsen was our guest on the Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant, October 19, 2018 – link. Most women in prison are mothers. Most of those moms were the primary caretakers of children before they went to prison, and plan to go back to living with…