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We’re Defy and we believe in second chances. Second chances for those who are caught and labeled, and for those who are still in hiding, being eaten alive by shame. I hope I can find them.
Catherine Hoke • A Second Chance: For You, For Me, And For The Rest Of Us
In Wilmington, NC, one in four youth live in poverty while facing the 8th highest juvenile arrest rate in North Carolina, severe educational inequities with massive achievement gaps, and a mental health crisis where one in five teens consider suicide—compounded by the reality that many young people lack consistent access to caring adults who can
... See moreMimi is the founder and director of Love’s Arm (www.lovesarmoutreach.org), a ministry that engages in Christ-centered relationships with people in addiction-related prostitution and the sex industry, empowering them to move beyond shame and into a community of grace.
Kelly M. Kapic • Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream
I realized that as long as we were labeling them (and they were labeling themselves) as “cons,” we were all going to be victims of a never-ending cycle. So I began thinking of these people as entrepreneurs. I saw a chance to hustle with them and for them, to create a story that could break a cycle.
Catherine Hoke • A Second Chance: For You, For Me, And For The Rest Of Us
Like Barbara and John in California, Kelly discovered that the secret to a meaningful new career was directly related to making people feel good about themselves.
Chris Guillebeau • The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
Housing First, which was developed by clinical psychologist Sam Tsemberis
Emilie Wapnick • How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up
the number-one reason that people recidivate (return to prison)—and often don’t even give themselves a second chance—is that they lack a positive, legal vision.