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  April 29, 2021 Next City

  A NYC Reentry Program Offers Formerly Incarcerated People Healing, Dignity Through Meals

  When Stanley Richards was released from a New York State prison in 1991, the only way he knew how to feed himself was with the fried Jack Mack he’d eaten during his four-and-a-half years behind bars for a robbery conviction.

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  April 29, 2021 Tech Crunch

  Google announces career and digital training initiative for formerly incarcerated individuals

  Google today announced the launch of Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry. The initiative — created in partnership with nonprofits The Last Mile, Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), Defy Ventures, Fortune Society and The Ladies of Hope Ministries — is designed to offer job readiness and digital skill training for formerly incarcerated individuals.

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  April 29, 2021 Patch

  The Fortune Society & Google Train Justice-Involved People on Digital Skills

  Grow with Google and Nonprofit Partners Created New Digital Skills Lessons to Serve Unique Needs of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

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  April 29, 2021 Crain's New York Business

  Google partners with nonprofits on skills training for formerly incarcerated people

  Google will join New York-based groups The Ladies of Hope Ministries, CEO Works, Defy Ventures and The Fortune Society to help improve job prospects for people with criminal records, a group that's unemployed at 5 times the national average.

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  April 07, 2021 PBS

  The U.S. spends billions to lock people up, but very little to help them once they’re released

  The U.S. spends $81 billion a year on mass incarceration, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and that figure might be an underestimate. In 2017, the Prison Policy Initiative estimated the actual cost on state and federal governments and impacted families is roughly $182 billion. Those dollars go to staffing the criminal justice system and meeting the basic needs of the more than 2 million Americans who are incarcerated.

  Featuring quotes from CEO and President JoAnne Page and Executive Vice President Stanley Richards.

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  March 08, 2021 Leaders Magazine

  Life Lessons: an Interview with L. Dennis Kozlowski

  Dennis Kozlowski began his career serving in various management positions at SCM Corporation in New York City and Cabot Corporation in Boston. He
  joined Tyco International in 1975 at a time when the company had $20 million in revenue. Kozlowski was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Tyco in 1989 and became its Chief Executive Officer in 1990. Under his leadership, Tyco grew to over $40 billion in revenue and a market capitalization in excess of $110 billion. Kozlowski received his BS in business administration from Seton Hall University and received a doctorate of business administration from the University of New Hampshire, Honoris Causa, and Roger Williams University.

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