Do you know someone who has been incarcerated who has come back and done something great?

I know people who have raised money for amazing causes, run for office, started organizations that provide necessary services EVERY DAY

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Way too often, all we here is stories of failure...

I know formerly incarcerated CEO's, visionaries, burgeoning real estate moguls, and employees

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My friend @TarraSimmons5 is running for election in #Washington, my friend @Richard_Bronson is starting his second business @CommissaryClub, @ShakaSenghor is a best selling author and entrepreneur

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My friend @moninwlansing runs one of the best reentry organizations in Michigan, and helps people return successfully every day. Gabe Blauer helped create "Catastrophic Creations"

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My co-worker @troyrienstra112 and my friend Allan Wachendorfer worked together to hold @NationOutside together and are working to GOTV in #Michigan - led by formerly incarcerated Michiganders

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My co-worker @RickCSpeck runs a successful painting business my friend Aaron Suganuma helps as a formerly incarcerated liaison and reentry specialist at the Washtenaw County Sheriffs office (imagine that)

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My friend @weldon_angelos is a successful music producer, @blshirelle8 just dropped her first album on @DieJimCrow ....obviously @MeekMill is setting the world on fire and giving back through @REFORM

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My friends @ChandraBozelko and @keribla are successful journalists with by-lines in publications all over the country...and nobody works harder to uncover problems in incarceration than @keribla

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My friend @AliceMarieFree wrote an incredible book, earned a presidential pardon, and works to help people come home my friend @MCharles615 works to help people come home

They were both guests of POTUS at the #SOTU

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My friend @KevinARing is large and in charge at @FAMMFoundation, @DSafavianEsq is the general counsel at @ACUFforJustice, @craigderoche is at @prisonfellowshp and starting a recovery organization

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I forgot to mention that Allan Wachendorfer works at @Vera and @troyrienstra112 is the Director of outreach at @safeandjustmi in addition to the other great work they do

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Obviously, @Piper has turned her story from tragedy to triumph and in the process inspired people all over the world to care deeply about incarcerated women...She also continues to fight for change every day

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My friend @CozineWelch runs a mentoring organization called @abwmentoring and inspires writers

Mary Heinen McPherson is a core member of the @umichPCAP family and inspires people inside every day

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So many of the people featured in the PBS documentary #CollegeBehindBars are doing great things, you see @DyjuanTatro on here pretty regularly

My friend @DavidLeegarlock shares his story and inspires people all over the country

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The great @dwaynebetts wrote the book of poetry "Felon" and wrote this amazing piece about the election last week

Share a story of hope and success https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/magazine/kamala-harris-crime-prison.html
Kamala Harris, Mass Incarceration and Me

Many progressives mistrust her for her past as a prosecutor. As an ex-convict — and also the son of a crime victim — I can tell you it’s not that simple.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/magazine/kamala-harris-crime-prison.html
Of course, as I mentioned the other day, one of my mentors, friends, and a trailblazer in this work @glennEmartin continues to be a leader in this work

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Can't leave out my brother @lewisconwayjr doing amazing work at @ACLU

Share a story of hope and success....do you know a formerly incarcerated person who is succeeding? Share!
And can't forget all the great people at @JustLeadersUSA

@MzDeHoskins always keeping it real and my good friend @BeySimpson who lights up every room he enters

They are doing great work helping formerly incarcerated people succeed

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Goodness, @KevinARing just reminded me that I forgot @shonhopwood who literally was one of the first people to support and encourage my own activism and has quietly helped so many people after working his way from prison to @GeorgetownLaw

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A few more @JeffSmithMO wrote a great book about his experiences.

My friends @MRFIVEINC and @KathyMorse0914 starred in "Rikers: An American Jail" and do amazing work to help folks every day

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Almost forgot my brother @JGKoufos who tirelessly works to make things better across the country for people behind bars and coming home....he also, for some crazy reason, remains the biggest supporter in the world of his home state (Jersey)

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There are millions of formerly incarcerated people in this country, if you know one who has succeeded share the story

Daniel Jones is the project coordinator at the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration

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Of course there is also all the great attention and work the members of the #ExoneratedFive have done to raise the profile of this movement...also thanks to @ava

Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam (not sure who is on Twitter)
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