A Second Chance: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
You may not care at all about who is incarcerated—many people firmly believe that if a person commits a crime, they should pay for it. I get it. I also felt that way too until my 20-year-old son was arrested, incarcerated, and housed in San Quentin for stealing a...
You May Be Surprised to Know Who’s Really in Prison
If I made a list of all my mistakes it would take a while to apologize for all of them. I think many of us, at one point, moved through life as younger, freer beings; I remember feeling invincible. If we were sitting together right now, talking about old school days,...
Worth a Thousand Words.
If 5000 words are spoken in an average 3-minute interview, and a smile is worth a 1000 words, then you can understand exactly how important dental aesthetics can be for the graduates of Televerde Foundation’s reentry program upon release from incarceration. Kathy...
Tarra Simmons: from Incarceration to Election
Tarra represents what we have all come to embrace at Televerde Foundation: incarcerated women need and deserve a ‘path forward’ to break the shackles of repeat incarceration.
Brooke Shafer- How it Started; How It’s Going
Brooke Shafer will be the first to tell you people like her don’t usually end up in prison. “Nobody had ever been in trouble, let alone arrested, let alone gone to prison! So not only am I shaming the family name, no one knew how to react,” she said, with a laugh....
Edith Houghton Hooker
Byline – Michelle Cirocco, Executive Director of Televerde Foundation Edith Houghton Hooker. You may never have heard that name before, but around the Televerde Foundation, she’s a well-known figure. Edith was an early twentieth century leader of the suffrage...
How It Started, How It’s Going: Kristin Burns
Kristin’s journey with Televerde started as she began a 10-year prison sentence.
“I was incarcerated for all those years, and Televerde really gave me a sense of purpose and belonging. It gave me a sense of accomplishment and confidence. Televerde Foundation gave me the footing to bring it all home.”
To #BreakTheCycle, Kristin had to go on a journey beyond just earning a stable income – with the help of both Televerde and Televerde Foundation, Kristin was able to find her value as a human being.
First-Rate Companies Discuss Second Chance Advantage
During Changing Hearts and Minds: How Hiring Formerly Incarcerated Job Candidates Benefits Your Company presented by Televerde and Televerde Foundation, leaders from an array of companies shared the competitive advantages second chance hiring provides. The Unseen...
Join Industry Leaders for a Discussion on Bridging the Inclusion Gap and Second-Chance Hiring
Televerde to Host a C-Suite Panel with Leading Businesses to Show the Business, Social and Economic Benefits of Evolving Hiring Practices to Include Individuals with a Criminal Record Phoenix, AZ – January 13, 2021 – The events of the past year--COVID-19, civil unrest...
Televerde Foundation Forms Strategic Alliance with The Change Companies®
Interactive Journaling® is a key component of foundation’s reentry curriculum PHOENIX, AZ – November 17, 2020 – When committing to create meaningful change, likeminded partners must come together to share best practices and ideas to identify innovative ways of...