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  July 21, 2018 NY1

  Queens Kids Find Good Fortune for the Coming School Year

  On Friday, at their Long Island City headquarters, the Fortune Society handed out new bookbags to children whose parents were once incarcerated.

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  July 11, 2018 MetroFocus

  MetroFocus Features Youth Empowerment Television

  WNET Channel 13's public affairs program, MetroFocus, featured the Youth Empowerment Television program at The Fortune Society.

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  June 16, 2018 NY1

  Students Create Their Own African-American Museum

  NY1 highlights The Fortune Society's African-American Museum - a collection of exhibits created entirely by students in the pre-GED Young Adult Literacy Education Program.

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  May 09, 2018 Bloomberg TV

  Supporting Second-Chance Employment Policies

  In this video from the Bloomberg Business of Equality Summit, The Fortune Society participant and Butter & Scotch employee Christina Johnson, Butter & Scotch partner Keavy Landreth, and The Fortune Society President and CEO JoAnne Page speak with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton about employment opportunities for individuals involved with the justice system.

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  May 14, 2018 New York Daily News

  [Carl Dukes] Inspires [Individuals With Justice Involvement] As They Reach End of Sentences

  Carl Dukes, 74, answers letters that incarcerated individuals send to The Fortune Society, and often serves as the first point of contact that participants have with the organization. This video and article tells his story.

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  May 05, 2018 On Contact

  The Struggle to Reintegrate into Society with David Rothenberg and Guy Woodard

  David Rothenberg, Founder of The Fortune Society, and Artist Guy Woodard appear on "On Contact" to discuss the struggle of the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated to reintegrate into society.

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