Ronald A. Williams founded New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc., a transitional house that provides substance abuse treatment and other services to help participants make choices associated with a healthy, positive lifestyle free of crime and drugs. 

Mel Blackman, CEO of The Burning Project, discusses changing consequential thinking and being good role models for our children.  News: NY passes law allowing individuals to have their records sealed, and how to apply.

Discussions with Rev. Daughtry, and Stephen Smith from Lazarus Douglass Tubman Community Center.

Thomas Safian is the Executive Director Refoundry, an organization that aims to disrupt cycles of poverty and incarceration by creating long-term career opportunities for formerly incarcerated people to achieve financial independence and lead purposeful lives. Tommy was named a NY1 NYer of the Week in November 2015, and has become a recognized thought leader in criminal justice reform, featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc., and in videos on Huffington Post, Upworthy and the US Chamber of Commerce's online magazine Free Enterprise. He is co-Chair of an initiative of the ReEntry Acceleration Program (REAP) at Columbia University's Tamer Center for Social Enterprise to engage businesses in hiring formerly incarcerated people, a member of the #CLOSErikers committee, and serves as co-director of a new project to create a business association dedicated to hiring formerly incarcerated people, and an advisor to CHOOSE, creator of the Classroom Index, a resource for teaching racial literacy in K-12. 

John R. Chaney is widely recognized as an authority in developing effective agency partnerships that deliver essential transitional services for formerly incarcerated citizens. Currently a full time Criminal Justice faculty member at the City University of New York (CUNY) LaGuardia Community College's Social Science department, he is perhaps best known for his notable appointment as an administrator for the high profile Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. Between 2009 and 2014 he served as the Executive Director for the agency's nationally acclaimed ComALERT (Community and Law Enforcement Resources Together) reentry program, simultaneously serving as the New York State-appointed coordinator for the Kings County Reentry Task Force. He is also an author and co-editor of Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens published by Lexington Books. Born and raised in Harlem, New York, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University and a Juris Doctorate with honors from Brooklyn Law School.

The Center for Justice at Columbia University is committed to reducing the nation's reliance on incarceration and advancing alternative approaches to safety and justice through education, research and policy. Kathy Boudin, Co-Founder & Co- Director and Cheryl Wilkins, Senior Director of Education and Programs http://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/

Exodus Transitional Community (NY) offers a broad spectrum of re-entry programs and services for people affected by the justice system as well as leadership in policy change and advocacy. Julio Medina is their Founder, Executive Director & CEO. 

Friends of Island Academy anchors and supports young people newly released from jails in New York City. Eddie Rosario is their Director. 

Dr. Divine Pryor serves as the Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions, an independent research, training and advocacy think tank that applies Human Justice to achieve public safety, racial equity, community investment, human development and well-being in society. 

The Brooklyn District Attorney's office has been working for years providing second chances to individuals who have been separated from society due to incarceration through programs such as Ready, Set, Work. Renee Gregory is the 1st Assistant District Attorney and Chris Owens is Director of the Re-entry Bureau.