Formerly incarcerated? Need legal advice? Come to our legal clinic this THURSDAY! The First 72+ Operation Restoration @FIPVOTENOLA Step Up Louisiana

We are honored to work with The First 72+ as a funding partner! We are humbled by the tremendous work they do and honored to be a small part of it. Today's #ThankfulThursday is also a #ThrowbackThursday to their groundbreaking a few weeks ago. bit.ly/3olDdzC

TONIGHT AT 5: This New Orleans husband & father was set to die in prison after being sentenced to life without parole, but now he’s in a cap and gown! His story of making it after spending 16 years at Angola...to earning a master’s degree from Southern U. at N.O.! wdsu #Classof2021

MORE: Troy Delone received his Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Ministry while at Angola. This was in 2013. wdsu

Automated record-clearing policies would give millions of people the #CleanSlate they deserve. @FIPVOTENOLA Step Up Louisiana The First 72+ Right On Crime SisterHearts Thrift Store

#NOLA reporter ⁦Katy Reckdahl⁩ shows 1) why safe & stable housing is essential for #reentry after prison 2) how formerly incarcerated people ⁦The First 72+⁩ know what’s needed & how to provide. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs The Washington Post⁩ washingtonpost.com/national/refor…

If you caught our post yesterday and guessed A, zero, then you’d be right! So happy to see another reentry org achieving such great success. Just goes to show how powerful reentry programs can be for individuals as well as their communities. Change is possible!

On to the Gov's desk! @MattWillard97's #FairChance bill will open doors for 1000s of Louisianans. Gratitude to the formerly incarcerated organizers who led this fight & to our partners @FIPVOTENOLA JACLouisiana The First 72+ Power Coalition for Equity and Justice LIUNA Local 99 & ACLU of Louisiana #lalege

Thank you Royce Duplessis for supporting our fight to fully end criminalization of misdemeanor possession of cannabis in #nola! The legislation goes before the New Orleans City Council Criminal Justice Committee Tuesday at 2pm!

This is why we're proud to partner with organizations such as Orleans Public Defenders and The First 72+ to help people in New Orleans get #IDsForLife.

Yutico Briley's story highlights the devastating issues with our criminal justice system. We support the reform of this system and the fight for justice through partnerships with The First 72+ and @InnocenceProjNO. nytimes.com/2021/06/30/mag…

NEW REPORT: The # of people in prison & jail doesn’t even begin to capture the reach of the criminal justice system in the US. We provide a more complete picture by including the # of people under probation/parole - systems that often replicate prison conditions in the community.

Watch this short film about Calvin Duncan’s decades long fight to get the Supreme Court to end racist laws that allow Black jurors to be silenced. He won. And then we got to work with him to ensure people actually got free. Produced this film:

Join us and New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice, New Orleans Voices for Accountability and Safety, Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, Ubuntu Village Nola, @NolaAbortionFnd, and The First 72+ this Saturday as we celebrate FREEDOM and UNITY. June 17th, 12 PM - 5 PM Bayou Rd. Outside of Whiskey & Sticks! #Juneteenth2023

TODAY AT 12 PM CST! Join our Co-Executive Pastor Tyrone Smith and Policy Analyst Chloe Dinman in their radio discussion with host Andreanecia Morris from #PutHousingFirst for the #PutHousingFirst Radio Show LIVE at bit.ly/PHFRadio

This Friday, August 4th from 4:00-6:00pm, Baldwin & Co. Books & Coffee will be hosting a book talk with Keith Ellison on his new memoir, Break the Wheel. This is a ticketed event, so make sure to RSVP with the link below before seats fill up! RSVP Here: bit.ly/3qbk097

Thank you for your visit Congressman Troy A. Carter and Hakeem Jeffries. We are grateful for politicians like you for uplifting the importance of reentry support in which legal and social barriers do not hinder citizens from success. We have a long way to go, but together we are stronger!

Check out the amazing feature from freeamerica. on The First 72+ and our new Ben Smith Welcome Home Center. Go Kelly!!!