Leader’s Stories

You can feel the rumbling of the earth underneath you when you work in this field.

You can feel the rumbling of the earth underneath you when you work in this field.

Debra Wright, #LwC2021
Debra Wright supervises substance use disorder programs throughout Michigan.
I would love to see us reshape the whole system in a way that's more just for all people.

I would love to see us reshape the whole system in a way that’s more just for all people.

Tony Gant, #LWC2021
Tony Gant is the Policy Director for Nation Outside
In this work you have to believe in the magical and mystical.

In this work you have to believe in the magical and mystical.

Christopher Zahn, #LwC2021
Christopher Zahn is a Certified Recovery Coach/Trainer, Peer Specialist, Reentry Specialist and Nurturing Parenting Program Facilitator.
We make society safer when we extend services, opportunity, and grace to everyone who has done their time.

We make society safer when we extend services, opportunity, and grace to everyone who has done their time.

Zach Ruppel, #LwC2021
Zach Ruppel is a Data and Research Analyst for the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs
I am formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted and I decided to utilize everything that I had been through, the mistakes I have made, to be a catalyst for positive change.

I am formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted and I decided to utilize everything that I had been through, the mistakes I have made, to be a catalyst for positive change.

Ashley Goldon, #LwC2021
Ashley Goldon is the Statewide Program Director of Nation Outside
"As leaders, to truly be successful in our organization or whatever endeavors we take on, we have to be strong as individuals."

“As leaders, to truly be successful in our organization or whatever endeavors we take on, we have to be strong as individuals.”

Chazidy Bowman, #LwC2021, President and Founder of Opportunities People’s Justice Leaders
Chazidy Bowman is the President and Founder of Opportunities People’s Justice Leaders.
The Iron is Hot Right Now.

The Iron is Hot Right Now.

Kesha Hamilton, #LwC2021
Kesha Hamilton is the co-founder and current Co-Chair of Racing 4 Equity.
I think the core of the work that we do is bound up in the idea that people who are incarcerated should be treated as human beings, and that we have a responsibility to them.

I think the core of the work that we do is bound up in the idea that people who are incarcerated should be treated as human beings, and that we have a responsibility to them.

Josh Hoe, #LwC2021
Josh Hoe is a policy analyst at Safe and Just Michigan.
I’ve seen what hope can do.

I’ve seen what hope can do.

Ron Pierce, #LwC2020
Ron Pierce holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Justice Studies minoring in Sociology from Rutgers University-Newark.

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