To help inspire others with similar backgrounds to excel beyond what society and life circumstances have set to be the norm.
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From prison cells to PhD. One man’s story became a movement.
His journey proves that when education meets opportunity, redemption becomes unstoppable.
🎧 Watch now: lnkd.in/gsatipuG
#FromPrisonCellsToPhD #BreakingChainsBuildingFutures #SecondChances
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We’re thrilled to launch JCOIN Rapid Innovation Grants (J-RIG)! We’re offering up to $135,000 to support practitioners and community leaders tackling addiction, overdose, and justice-system reform.
🚀 jcoinctc.org/000-j-rig/
#JCOIN #Innovation #PublicHealth #CriminalJustice
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Breaking Barriers starts with showing up.
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Reentry United Conference featuring 28 breakout sessions on reentry, education, housing, leadership, and more.
Register: conta.cc/3RZxhPB
#ReentryUnited #BreakingBarriers
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Leadership grows in community.
We're proud to see JLUSA reconnecting alumni nationwide through its new Leading with Conviction ™ webinars.
We know the power of these networks firsthand.
Learn more and RSVP:
jlusa.org
#P2P #JLUSA #LeadingWithConviction
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Pride began as resistance. It endures through resilience, visibility, and the refusal to be erased.
At P2P, we stand for dignity, opportunity, and the right to live authentically. Happy Pride Month. 🏳️🌈
#PrideMonth #LoveIsLove #P2P
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Incarceration costs families more than just time. It’s the hidden weight of loyalty, grief, and unwavering hope.
Mackenzie Guirsch’s story captures the unseen strength of justice-impacted families.
conta.cc/4vngmEY
#UnlockHigherEd #P2P
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When readers say Breaking Chains, Building Futures helped them find hope, perspective, and a path forward, it becomes more than a book—it becomes community in action.
Real stories. Real resilience. Real transformation.
📖 conta.cc/4wFs1Av
#BreakingChains #P2PScholars
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Some people talk about change. Mancy Thompson helps build it.
As Program Director, he’s the hand behind our P2P cohorts—supporting scholars, solving problems, and creating pathways for success every day.
🔗 conta.cc/4al0pWY
#P2P #Leadership #SecondChances
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📷 Applications are NOW OPEN for our next Prison-to-Professionals (P2P) cohort! 📷
📷 conta.cc/4al0pWY
📷 Questions? Reach out—we’re here to help!
#P2P #HigherEducation #BreakingBarriers #PrisonToProfessionals
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At @my_bccc's 2026 graduation, scholars like Dianara Saget remind us that futures can be rebuilt, strengthened, and reimagined through education, research, and community.
This is why P2P exists
Learn more: conta.cc/3Rqt9bc
#P2P #BCCC
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What if the stories people try to bury are the very ones that change lives?
The Breaking Chains Podcast is streaming now—real journeys, real resilience, and proof of transformation.
🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=X0NrDASj…
#BreakingChainsPodcast #FromPrisonCellsToPhD #SecondChances
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Some people build programs. @SyritaSteib builds pathways that change lives and communities.
Congratulations to her and @TheOR_NOLA on receiving the Community Champion Distinguished Service Award.
#FromPrisonCellsToPhD #OperationRestoration #LeadershipMatters
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At P2P, we believe the people closest to the system should help redesign it. Proud to see Dr. Stephanie Fleming continuing that work through conversations on accountability, decision-making, and human dignity in justice systems.
🎧conta.cc/4tnWssc
#P2P #SystemChange
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When one of us builds, we all win.
Desiree “Dezi Speaks” Riley showed us what transformation looks like in motion—community leadership, green jobs training, and pathways rooted in second chances and collective growth.
Tap in:
conta.cc/4vYrvx8
#P2P #CollectiveImpact
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Scholars earning degrees. Leaders emerging. Systems finally opening doors they once kept locked.
From BCCC to conversations on access and opportunity, the movement keeps growing because support changes outcomes.
Read the latest issue:
canva.link/vurappio8ur8pl4
#P2P #P2PImpact
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.@EdTrust's Justice Policy Fellows are bringing firsthand insight into rooms that have too often talked about justice-impacted communities instead of with them. That’s how systems change happens.
Learn more edtru.st/4sKlIIV
#P2PScholars #JusticeImpacted #EducationEquity
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Opportunity education community inside prison walls can change lives.
Dr. Stanley Andrisse delivered the commencement address for Saint Louis University’s Prison Education Program.
That’s the movement.
#FromPrisonCellsToPhD #HigherEdInPrison #SecondChances
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This Saturday, @Dr_Andrisse takes the stage at the Gaithersburg Book Festival 2026 to talk redemption, education, and what becomes possible when people are given a real second chance.
From prison cells to PhDs. We’re just getting started.
#GBF2026 #P2P #SecondChances
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This Sunday, Black and Nobel Bookstore becomes a space for transformation, leadership, and reclaimed voice.
Join Assata Michelle Thomas and Desiree “Dezi Speaks” Riley for a powerful afternoon of books, healing, and second chances in Philadelphia.
#P2P #SecondChances
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Real change happens when institutions value lived experience.
Grateful to the @usgao for hosting @Dr_Andrisse for a powerful conversation on resilience, education, justice reform, and second chances with 300 attendees.
#P2P #JusticeReform
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