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#130 Everybody CAN Win - Richard Bronson, 70 Million Jobs 52:58

3+ y ago52:58

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Los Angeles based 70 Million Jobs was founded by Richard Bronson, formerly of New York. You know, the home field of Wall Street? Where the Wall Street Wolf story took place? Well, Richard was a partner in that company and lived the crazy life for some time. He then left, moved to Florida and started his own company, another financial services compa…

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#129 Striving for Youth Justice - George Galvis, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice 48:49

3+ y ago48:49

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Interconnected and interdependent is how George Galvis, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, sees the world his organization is building. He takes a view of history where he broadens the context of events and particularly the versions of history. It inspires him to move forward working with young people with experiences similar to his.…

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#128 She Certainly Wasn't Pampered Growing Up - Allison Garret, Pamper Perfect Mobile Spa 53:12

3+ y ago53:12

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Want to take the guesswork out of your next big surprise party? Then have an all-day spa delivered to your home, hotel room - basically anywhere - by Pamper Perfect Mobile Spa. But that's just one of the side businesses for dynamo Allison Garret, a motivational speaker and life coach. Born to teenage parents and put up for adoption immediately, wha…

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#127 Life Becomes Art - Aimee Wissman, Returning Artists Guild 55:41

3+ y ago55:41

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Artist, organizer, advocate and speaker, Aimee Wissman is a machine. An Ohio native, Aimee had a lot of instability growing up and those insecurities led to a heroin addiction at age 16 that lasted about 10 years. She did, however, manage to graduate high school and get a couple of years of college. But bad relationships and bad choices put her in …

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#126 Jackie Aranda Osorno, Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center 51:37

3+ y ago51:37

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Founded in 1971 by Morris Dees, an Alabama lawyer and businessman, Morris saw an obligation to stand up for the disenfranchised. He sold a successful book publishing company and started a law practice to give them a voice. Jackie Aranda Osorno is a staff attorney at the law center. A self-described "Latinx queer woman", Jackie immigrated from Mexic…

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#125 She Made Her Own Second Chance, Now She Makes Them for Others - Cheri Garcia, Cornbread Hustle 55:26

3+ y ago55:26

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No, not an ice cream flavor, Cheri Garcia is a vibrant personality, really more of a machine. Absolutely not from a broken home or the typical tough background, she was the ideal kid. On the cheerleading team, pitcher for the softball team, anchor for the school newspaper - the ideal kid. So what happened? She decided to try meth with the promise t…

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#124 Second Chances Have Happy Endings - Brian Stanley, Court Advocate, Avenues for Justice 58:22

3+ y ago58:22

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Brian Stanley is a Court Advocate for the East Harlem, New York City, for Avenues for Justice. Which means, he helps save young lives by giving youth who have been caught up in crime a second chance to straighten out their lives for the good. And the results are impressive. Through "AFJ" as they call it, young adults receive drug rehabilitation, ed…

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#123 Education is Key to Not Going Back to Prison - James Monteiro, Re-Entry Campus Program 55:01

3+ y ago55:01

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A middle school dropout, James Monteiro left his mother's house, moved in with a woman 10 years his senior and was "exposed to things no 15-year old should be exposed to". That experience set James up to spend the next 20 years or his life incarcerated up and down the east coast. Upon release, he only had his 8th grade education to fall back on and…

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#122 Damien Linnane, Author 50:09

3+ y ago50:09

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Damien Linnane's first book, "Scared," is a reflection of his unusual background. From inner-western Sydney, Australia, Damien's father met his mother, a social worker, while in prison for robbery. His parent's relationship was rough, leaving Damien caught in the middle. This dynamic, combined with Damien's experiences of child abuse, manifested as…

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#121 It Takes More Than a March, it Takes Policy Change - Chas Moore, Austin Justice Coalition 54:27

3+ y ago54:27

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Focusing on the Austin, Texas community, the Austin Justice Coalition supports, teaches and advocates for black, brown and poor people by influencing local government and creating policy. Originally from Houston, Chas Moore, who heads the Coalition, moved to Austin because of sports. His brush with the law happened in high school, where he was caug…

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#120 Reversing the Prison Condition - Five Mualimm-ak, Incarcerated Nation Network INC 54:39

3+ y ago54:39

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Arriving from Ethiopia with his parents to the US to make a better life, Five Mualimm-ak's parents found that being black meant a struggle. So they joined community groups for survival and provided services in the Bronx including day care and other necessary services to the neighbors. His mother joined a group that provided assistance to women who …

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#119 Marcus Bullock, Flikshop 53:04

3+ y ago53:04

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Return guest, Marcus Bullock of Flikshop, in state prison starting at age 15, has a great story. He doesn't make any bones about it, he enjoys what he does. Flikshop connects those incarcerated with their family through a myriad of social media. As he says, "My Tik Tok is talkin'". His company helps share the joy and fun a family is having with the…

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#118 He Still Shines, After All the Tough Stuff - Chef James Bradley, PoShines 53:58

3+ y ago53:58

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A black-owned, contemporary soul food restaurant located in Portland, Oregon, Chef James Bradley has brought fame to the restaurant even in these lockdown times, no easy task. Growing up in rural North Carolina with a preacher father, James has retained his love for the south and all his family there. However, his father wanted the family to experi…

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#117 Wendy Jason, The Justice Arts Coalition 53:07

3+ y ago53:07

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With an "outlandish" resume', Wendy Jason is transforming the world and the justice system with her Justice Arts Coalition, which highlights felons and ex-felons who are artists. With 25 years in social services, Wendy wanted people who grew up thinking they weren't wanted that they were wanted. It's been about bringing voice to those who have been…

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#116 End Game First, First Move Second - Eugene Brown, Big Chair Chess Club 56:27

3+ y ago56:27

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Thanks for being our guest again and bringing your inspirational story to us, Eugene Brown! Author of the book, "From Pawns to Kings" and portrayed in the movie, "Life of a King", Eugene spent 18 years in prison for participating in a bank robbery at 20. The game of chess in prison taught him much more than a game, or to think, or to compete. It ta…

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#115 Carole Alden, Artist 53:39

3+ y ago53:39

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Justice Arts Coalition member, Carole Alden, is currently dodging the fires in Utah. Born in France as part of a military family, Carole moved back to the US as a baby, moved around the western states plus a stint in New Zealand, getting married and settling in Utah. With an artists' bent "from birth", Carole was constantly scanning for all the ele…

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#114 Inspired by Cash - Johnny Cash, That Is - Danny Wilson & Tracy Schlapp, Folsom50 Project 51:16

3+ y ago51:16

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Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp, musicians, were inspired by Johnny Cash's prison concerts and became determined to bring music and other art forms into Oregon's prison system. And their determination was tested, as a rigid system is not easy to get through. But an ally inside the system helped them navigate the "nos" and solve the security issues. …

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#113 Finding Hope Was the Turning Point - Ashley Dorety, Family Preservation Project Alum 55:55

3+ y ago55:55

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Another alumni of FPP, Ashley Dorety was struggling with alcohol and an abusive relationship, was a Mom and going to school, ALL at the same time. It came to a head when she was in a drunk driving accident where her passenger was injured and that led to four years of incarceration, because of the laws surrounding the accident. Her two-year-old daug…

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#112 She Started in a Teepee - Nova Sweet, Family Preservation Project Alum 54:08

3+ y ago54:08

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A graduate, advocate and outreach volunteer for the Family Preservation Project, Nova Sweet was born in a tepee in Ashland, Oregon, eldest of four children of a single Mom. But she led a dual life. At school, she was a great student, liked by everyone, but in private she like to raise cane. She was tall, six-foot four and was an athlete who played …

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Lorenzen Wright – A cold-blooded shooter

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Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was murdered in 2010 but it took investigators years to untangle the mystery that led to his demise… https://ffpod.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/lorenzenwrightfinal.mp3First and Felony

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#111 Making COVID Work for Your Business - Sean Beers, Portland Product Werks 46:58

4y ago46:58

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Our recurring guest who always has something new, Sean Beers, founder of Portland Product Werks, is an avid fly fisherman, in addition to a Bonzi skier. And now he's taken the lemons from COVID-19 and made a gallon of lemonade. The "secret" is planning ahead, which Sean did indirectly years before. He realized owning a brand three years ago was key…

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#110 Preserving Dignity - Jessica Katz, Family Preservation Project 50:33

4y ago50:33

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Jessica Katz had an opportunity to go into the New York prison system to advise inmates on their familial rights. This led to applying for a job that put her the Family Preservation Project to help understand why people are in prison as opposed to focusing on just the punishment, which doesn't help decrease the recidivism rate. So for the last 17 y…

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#109 You Don't Have to be High to Create Music - Tobias Grave Musician, Soft Kill 57:09

4y ago57:09

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While hiding under a tree in rainy Portland, Oregon, Tobias of the band Soft Kill gives this interview; very Portlandish. He grew up in the other Portland - Maine - and was raised by his Mom while his father was a musician on the road. Suspicious his parents were addicts and battling with his stepfather, Tobias gravitated to a crowd that got into t…

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#108 Brian Lindstrom, Filmmaker: Mothering on the Inside 56:56

4y ago56:56

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Brian Lindstrom was shaken with the story of James Chasse, a man diagnosed with schizophrenia who died in police custody in Portland, Oregon on September 17, 2006. So disturbed with the outcome after the DOJ got involved and no action seemed to be taken, he subsequently produced the film "Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse". Continuing h…

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New Episode – Off the Field issues #16 Antonio Brown Plea Deal, Riche Caldwell shooting, NFL, MLB, Boxing, and other stories!

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https://ffpod.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/offfield16final.mp3 A quick look at crimes involving athletes in the news recently!First and Felony

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#107 No Conning This Man - Coss Marte, ConBody 44:21

4y ago44:21

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A former guest, Coss Mart's background in a nutshell: In lacking health, energy and shape, Coss got inspired in prison and changed his lifestyle, body and mind. And he used this inspiration to start ConBody, a physical and online fitness company. Here's the latest: Coss's small space workouts, which were designed for the prison cell, now work for a…

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#106 Put in Eight Hours a Day to Pursue Your Dream - Slink Johnson Comedian/Actor 53:40

4y ago53:40

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Born in Arkansas, Slink Johnson's family moved to Inglewood, California after his mother remarried. Coming up in an urban environment, he learned a lot from his upbringing which led him to rap and hip hop. He was introduced to the world of big time entertainment by his fellow performer "Short" (for short) who continues to be a great friend and cons…

4y ago51:35

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"Fresh Out - Life after the Penitentiary" is Marcus' series of YouTube shows to help ex-felons stay out of prison for the next phase of their lives. Born to a young mother, Big Herc never got the full story on his father, and spent most of his youth growing up with his grandmother. His step father was in the military and he moved around a lot, but …

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