Donna Hylton is a women's rights activist and criminal justice reform advocate. Donna speaks publicly about the issues facing incarcerated women and girls and the significant impact the significant increase in the female prison population is having on families, children and our communities. Elaine Lord served as a prison warden for the state of New York. Mika'il DeVeaux, Ph.D., is a lecturer at Nassau Community College (SUNY). He is the co/founder and Executive Director of Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc., directs Citizens' Muslim Re-entry Initiative, and is a certified anger management facilitator. Dr. DeVeaux is also the founder and principal at DeVeaux Association, a consulting firm that provides evaluation, monitoring, and other services for nonprofits. 

A discussion with Rafaelina Contreras from Services for the Underserved about her experiences helping victims of domestic violence. http://sus.org/

Born and raised in the village of Harlem and in the Bronx, NY, Bishop Darren A. Ferguson is known as a leader for this generation – a preacher, teacher, singer, motivational speaker and social activist. He serves as the Pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Arverne (Far Rockaway). He currently serves a Campus Life Manager of the Multicultural Exchange (ME) at LaGuardia Community College - some of the Programs in his portfolio include the Black Male Empowerment Cooperative (BMEC), the Crear Futuros Mentoring Program and a program he created for students who are formerly incarcerated.

Pat Brown is Senior Associate Director for Correctional Health Services at NYC Health & Hospitals, providing healthcare and reentry assistance to those in the justice system.

https://www.pagny.org/our-partners/nyc-health-hospitals-correctional-health-services/

The Bronx Defenders Office has pioneered a holistic approach to representing clients in the justice system and leads a number of initiatives to transform communities. Westley Caines is their Reentry and Community Outreach Coordinator and can help clean up inaccuracies in RAP sheets that are holding people back.

https://www.bronxdefenders.org/