“Small achievements are just as important as big ones. Every small milestone that our participants achieve is worth celebrating. Whether it is walking through that door on day one, earning a certificate for completing workplace simulation training, or achieving 30 days sober, each of these moments are worth celebrating as they bring our participants one
Article courtesy of Authority Magazine. As a part of our series about strong women leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Smith. Michelle Smith, MA, MS, has more than a decade of experience working in the federal judicial and criminal justice systems. She was most recently managing partner of a Houston-based architectural firm. In
Via St. Louis Magazine Next, Danny Ludeman’s Concordance Academy will replicate its first-of-its-kind program in Chicago. When thinking of incarceration in America, Danny Ludeman talks about Monica, a 20-year-old woman who was in the same prison at the same time as her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. “This is not atypical,” the former Wells Fargo CEO says. This story
Non-profit works to reduce reincarceration rates David Steward, chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, is leading St. Louis-based Concordance Academy’s First Chance capital campaign to raise $50 million to scale its model for reducing reincarceration rates nationally and to expand its programs to 11 other cities by 2025. Chicago will be the next city
Concordance Academy of Leadership "First Chance" campaign to raise $50 million to expand to 11 new cities to prevent people from going back to prison, cut crime and save governments millions of dollars.