In this special episode of From Chains to Change we pay tribute to the life and legacy of our brother Robert Goodman Jr. who was a beloved leader of his community, an organizer with VOTE and Safe Streets. Sadly, Robert was called home at the beginning  of the COVID-19 Pandemic on March 6, 2020 but his life, love, and legacy lives on in the community of friends and family he encountered along the way. This is a dedication to that legacy and a reminder that he will always be remembered.  

In this episode of From Chains to Change, our host and deputy director Bruce Reilly sits down with VOTE member and community organizer Alfred Marshall where they discuss his lived experience coming back home, how he got inspired to engage in the work of organizing and advocacy and how going forward, his continued commitment to helping build up the next generation of leaders that will aid in sustaining the movement well into the future. 

In this episode of From Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with state representative Royce Duplessis to discuss his ongoing legislation around addressing long sentencing, crime prevention and parole reform along with other priorities he’ll be working on throughout this current legislative session.

In this episode of From Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with state representative Mandie Landry to discuss her ongoing legislation around bettering medical care for people currently incarcerated, implementing term limits for sheriffs amongst many other priorities she’ll be working on throughout this current legislative session.

In this episode of From Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with state representative Candace Newell to discuss her ongoing legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis as well as other legislative priorities being championed throughout this legislative session.

In this special episode of From Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with a number of special guest including our executive director Norris Henderson, Jamila Johnson, attorney with the Promise of Justice Initiative and state representative Matthew Willard to discuss the continued fight around non unanimous juries, than later joined by Earl Hagans to discuss equal opportunity in housing and his own lived experience with housing discrimination.

In this special episode of From Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with Birmingham City Council member LaTonya Tate, discussing her experience running for office as a black woman in the Deep South, having recently been elected and since taking office, the work she’s engaged I within her community and chairing the councils Public Safety Committee. Our discussion also delves into LaTonya’s lived experience and work as an activist and transitioning from the advocacy realm to a position of governance.

On this week's episode of from Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with Tulane Ph.D. student and FIP Jarrod M. Wall on his lived experienced, the impacts of the school to prison pipeline as well as discussing his research around Post-Secondary Prison Education, Stigma & Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records.

(PART II) In this special 3-part episode of From Chains to Change, we take you into the Grand Opening of VOTE’s new building in New Orleans. Formerly incarcerated people reflect on the road to this realization, and the power it represents”

(PART I) In this special 3-part episode of From Chains to Change, we take you into the Grand Opening of VOTE’s new building in New Orleans. Formerly incarcerated people reflect on the road to this realization, and the power it represents”