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Leader’s Stories

My job is to put a new face on reentry.

My job is to put a new face on reentry.

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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

I am the Founder and Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS, a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.
I want to help people who have lost the ability to dream to dream again.

I want to help people who have lost the ability to dream to dream again.

After a Leading with Conviction forum ... you realize you’ve just solved a problem you thought was beyond you.