The Community has two arms: Pre-entry (our carceral in-reach) and the Correct the Narrative Campaign (our outreach). Together, these efforts prepare incarcerated people for success and transform societal stereotypes and fears about this demographic so preparation meets opportunity prior to and upon release.

Our pre-entry consists of newsletters, read by close to half the Wisconsin prison population and a number of people incarcerated in the federal system. Our newsletter consists of criminal justice news, reentry and incarceration resources, financial and career preparation insights, encouragement, and personal development tools and commentary designed specifically for people who are incarcerated. We have also just started a Custom Career Assistance program with professionals and industry and business partners to create info packets on every career and ongoing personalized assistance to help those in prison prepare for careers they actually have an interest in, an aptitude for, and have resources and skillsets to do. It will be a degree of preparation for incarcerated people that has neither happened before or is possible without our direct and constant connections as credible messengers to those inside.

Our outreach consists of the Correct the Narrative Campaign, which proactively presents society with the successes, humanity, and agency of people with criminal records in communities that are more indifferent and antagonistic toward this demographic. Efforts and humanizers have done a great job to get us where we are on this issue, but it will require a different strategy and level of commitment to get us to where we need to be, to a justice system more worthy of that name. Collaboration and reaching far outside our circles and communities to connect with others is the only way to get to the future we envision regarding true safety and justice. Visit our Correct the Narrative Campaign page for more info and videos from events and interviews that illuminate so powerfully why the fears and biases surrounding people who break the law need to be corrected. But we are also getting this content to currently and formerly incarcerated people to correct the narrative we often have about ourselves. We are MUCH more than our pasts and crimes and evidence of that from others who went before us is powerfully encouraging and life-changing.

And contact us if you want to get involved in creating a justice system more worthy of that name so we can help you figure out what organizations and efforts to get involved in, or if you simply want to learn more about this expansive issue. There are many ways to get involved and we can guide you to the path that best fits your values, interests, and resources. Keep moving forward.