Leader’s Stories

Walk with me as a ‘possible’ and step away from the ‘probable.’

Walk with me as a ‘possible’ and step away from the ‘probable.’

Saad Soliman, #LwC2019
I am the founding Executive Director of the Peers Mentoring Center and Peace By Piece Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware. 
My job is to put a new face on reentry.

My job is to put a new face on reentry.

Tracey Syphax, #LwC2019
Tracey Syphax He is a board member of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.
From that moment I saw that I had a unique opportunity…

From that moment I saw that I had a unique opportunity…

Guy Hamilton Smith, #LwC2019
Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith is a member of the Law & Society Association’s division on Punishment & Society.
How do we reimagine how we treat our young people and make our juvenile justice system healing and transformative?

How do we reimagine how we treat our young people and make our juvenile justice system healing and transformative?

Keturah Herron, #LwC2019
Keturah Herron is a graduate of the University of Louisville and holds a Masters in Juvenile Justice from Eastern Kentucky University.
I don’t think luck should have any role in whether or not people in prison have access to education.

I don’t think luck should have any role in whether or not people in prison have access to education.

Dirk Van Velzen, #LwC2019
Dirk Van Velzen graduated from the Nonprofit Management program at the University of Washington.
We’re taking criminal justice reform to a whole new level!

We’re taking criminal justice reform to a whole new level!

Kemba Smith Pradia, #LwC2019 Fellow
Kemba Smith Pradia is a graduate of Virginia Union University and was the recipient of a two year Soros Justice Postgraduate Fellowship.
From that moment on, I just knew that advocacy and policy were going to be the game-changers for me.

From that moment on, I just knew that advocacy and policy were going to be the game-changers for me.

Miea Walker, #LwC2019
I am the Criminal Justice Manager of the Policy and Advocacy Division with Forward Justice which is based in my home state of North Carolina.
Mass incarceration is just the fourth generation of slavery, and collateral sanctions are just Jim Crow all over again.

Mass incarceration is just the fourth generation of slavery, and collateral sanctions are just Jim Crow all over again.

Crystal Bryant, #LwC2019
I am the Director for the Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry.
There’s always something to be said when you’re doing something for the community you grew up in or serving a population where you can relate directly to their experiences.

There’s always something to be said when you’re doing something for the community you grew up in or serving a population where you can relate directly to their experiences.

Yasmine Arrington, #Lwc2019
I am the Founder and Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.

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