Student, Singer, Changemaker
You know, every person has a story and reason for them being exactly where they are.
READ MOREPractitioners, professors, policymakers, people directly affected by the system, and more weigh in on We Are All Criminals and criminal justice reform.
You know, every person has a story and reason for them being exactly where they are.
READ MOREI’d be unemployable had I been caught.
READ MOREYour project made me realize that it could have been me. It is difficult to look at yourself in a flawed way, you know?
READ MOREBut really, as quickly as it all happened, it was over.
READ MOREIt could have had a domino effect, stopping me from being with you here today.
READ MOREBut this was out in the middle of nowhere, so we were unlikely to be caught compared to kids our age doing similar things in the city.
READ MOREThis label that says you’re not fixable, you’re not salvageable. When does that stop?
READ MOREEvery job I’ve held since graduation has been licensed, and I’ve never had to worry about my past. That’s not true for so many others: I hear it time and again at different jobs, “We were gonna hire him, but he didn’t pass a background check.”
READ MOREI guess I was convincing enough.
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