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  March 18, 2020 The City

  Nonprofits Ask City Hall to Cut Red Tape Threatening Aid

  Across NYC, the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting nonprofits that receive city funds. In The City, our President & CEO JoAnne Page gives insight on how COVID-19 is compromising the ability of nonprofits like Fortune to carry out work.

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• March 12, 2020 Urban Institute

  How Can We Uphold Human Rights and Dignity in Prison?

  How can prisons promote dignity and rehabilitation, and what is the role of research in supporting these efforts? At
  Urban Institute's Roundtable on Prison Research and Innovation, Ronald Day, Associate Vice President of Programs, weighed in.

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  February 18, 2020 NY1

  Jailed Without Trial

  In this interview with Cheryl Wills on NY1's "In Focus," our Executive VP Stanley Richards discusses the urgent need for New York's recent bail reform law. Fortune participant Althea Hogan, who spent months behind bars because she couldn't afford bail, also shares her story.

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  January 17, 2020 Daily News

  Listen to facts, not frenzy on bail reform

  In light of frenzied demands to weaken New York’s recent #BailReform, our President & CEO JoAnne Page lays out the facts on why it will make communities safer.

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• December 17, 2019 Hollywood Life

  Luann de Lesseps Says ‘RHONY’ Is ‘Better Than Ever’ Without Bethenny: It Was ‘Always About’ Her

  Luann De Lesseps from Real Housewives of New York is a powerful advocate for criminal justice reform. In this article, she gives a shoutout to Fortune's mission and the need to help formerly incarcerated people rebuild their lives.

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• December 05, 2019 The New York Times

  He Waited 6 Hours for Help at Rikers. Then He Tried to Hang Himself.

  “It’s heartbreaking,” said JoAnne Page, president of The Fortune Society. “There’s a culture that treats people who are locked up as not having any value.”

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