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June 09, 2021 AMNYOp-Ed | In this case, less really is more — parole reform today
In support for #LessIsMoreNy, Executive Vice President Stanley Richards pens op-ed.
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April 19, 2017 Broadway WorldShaina Taub’s “As You Like It” musical adaptation to bring friends, feuds and romance to Public Works this fall
The Public Theater will kick of in September with a free Public Works musical adaptation of “As You Like It”, adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery. This unforgettable Public Works musical adaptation about chance encounters and self-discovery, will run for five nights for free, September 1-5, at the Delacorte Theater.
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March 15, 2017 American Enterprise InstituteIncreasing opportunity for returned citizens in the Big Apple
To add to AEI’s growing body of work on prison education and reentry, we met with prisoners, returned citizens, and leaders in the nonprofit, business, and public sectors to discuss which models work; which do not work, and why.
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March 22, 2017 Tablet MagazineDavid Rothenberg’s Fortune
Rabbi, tzaddik, shaman: there may be something of all of these in David Rothenberg, who was celebrated Feb. 24 at an “Evening With David” on the roof of the Castle, a beautiful five-story neo-Gothic structure in Harlem that is run as a halfway house by the Fortune Society for 60 [formerly incarcerated individuals].
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March 22, 2017 ForbesA foodpreneur uses a commercial kitchen and local CrossFit gyms to grow a Paleo startup
Another amazing thing about working at a professional commercial kitchen is that they are involved in helping others by bringing in interns from The Fortune Society.
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February 10, 2017 The Huffington PostNew book, ‘Jack And Norman,’ misses the point on prison re-entry
On the morning after his release from prison on charges of forgery, manslaughter and bank robbery, Jack Abbott appeared as a guest on Good Morning America, joined by his much-publicized sponsor, author Norman Mailer.
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