We envision a world where prior incarceration is not a barrier to secure housing, employment, and community acceptance.
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18 Aug 2023
Check out the amazing feature from @LetsFreeAmerica on The First 72 and our new Ben Smith Welcome Home Center. Go Kelly!!!
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11 Aug 2023
Thank you for your visit @RepTroyCarter and @RepJeffries. We are grateful for politicians like you for uplifting the importance of reentry support in which legal and social barriers do not hinder citizens from success. We have a long way to go, but together we are stronger!
11 Aug 2023
I toured @First72Plus, one of the most successful re-entry programs in the U.S., with @RepJeffries. We NEED #ReEntry methods that create productive citizens for themselves, their families, & the community at large. I will continue working to secure them for #LA02.
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2 Aug 2023
This Friday, August 4th from 4:00-6:00pm,
@BaldwinBooks will be hosting a book talk with
@keithellison on his new memoir, Break the Wheel. This is a ticketed event, so make sure to RSVP with the link below before seats fill up!
RSVP Here: bit.ly/3qbk097
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1 Aug 2023
TODAY AT 12 PM CST! Join our Co-Executive Pastor Tyrone Smith and Policy Analyst Chloe Dinman in their radio discussion with host Andreanecia Morris from @GNOHA for the #PutHousingFirst Radio Show LIVE at bit.ly/PHFRadio
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6 Jul 2023
Join us at our 9 Steps graduation THIS Sunday! Click the pictures to learn more about our weekly Wednesday class:
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Join us and @NOWCRJ, @nola_voices, @FairHousingLA, @UbuntuNola, @NolaAbortionFnd, and @First72Plus this Saturday as we celebrate FREEDOM and UNITY.
June 17th, 12 PM - 5 PM Bayou Rd. Outside of Whiskey & Sticks! #Juneteenth2023
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10 May 2023
NEW REPORT:
The # of people in prison & jail doesn’t even begin to capture the reach of the criminal justice system in the US. We provide a more complete picture by including the # of people under probation/parole - systems that often replicate prison conditions in the community.
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20 May 2023
Watch this short film about Calvin Duncan’s decades long fight to get the Supreme Court to end racist laws that allow Black jurors to be silenced. He won. And then we got to work with him to ensure people actually got free. Produced this film:
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13 Jul 2021
Yutico Briley's story highlights the devastating issues with our criminal justice system. We support the reform of this system and the fight for justice through partnerships with @First72Plus and @InnocenceProjNO.
nytimes.com/2021/06/30/magaz…
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28 Jun 2021
Thank you @RoyceDuplessis for supporting our fight to fully end criminalization of misdemeanor possession of cannabis in #nola! The legislation goes before the @NOLACityCouncil Criminal Justice Committee Tuesday at 2pm!
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7 Jun 2021
On to the Gov's desk! @MattWillard97's #FairChance bill will open doors for 1000s of Louisianans. Gratitude to the formerly incarcerated organizers who led this fight & to our partners @FIPVOTENOLA @JacLouisiana @First72Plus @PowerCoEJ @LIUNA Local 99 & @ACLUofLouisiana #lalege
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3 Jun 2021
If you caught our post yesterday and guessed A, zero, then you’d be right! So happy to see another reentry org achieving such great success. Just goes to show how powerful reentry programs can be for individuals as well as their communities. Change is possible!
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27 May 2021
#NOLA reporter @katyreckdahl shows 1) why safe & stable housing is essential for #reentry after prison 2) how formerly incarcerated people @First72Plus know what’s needed & how to provide. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/national/…
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25 May 2021
Automated record-clearing policies would give millions of people the #CleanSlate they deserve.
@FIPVOTENOLA @StepUpLA @First72Plus @RightOnCrime @sisterheartsLA
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21 May 2021
TONIGHT AT 5: This New Orleans husband & father was set to die in prison after being sentenced to life without parole, but now he’s in a cap and gown! His story of making it after spending 16 years at Angola...to earning a master’s degree from @SUNOKnights! @wdsu #Classof2021
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21 May 2021
MORE: Troy Delone received his Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Ministry while at Angola. This was in 2013. @wdsu
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20 May 2021
We are honored to work with @First72Plus as a funding partner! We are humbled by the tremendous work they do and honored to be a small part of it. Today's #ThankfulThursday is also a #ThrowbackThursday to their groundbreaking a few weeks ago.
bit.ly/3olDdzC
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18 May 2021
Formerly incarcerated? Need legal advice? Come to our legal clinic this THURSDAY!
@First72Plus @TheOR_NOLA @FIPVOTENOLA @StepUpLA
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