More Life: The Reentry Podcast VanKevia Garner

More Life: The Reentry Podcast continues their Women’s History Month series, As A Woman. Tune into our episodes this entire month to learn more about Women and their experiences post incarceration.
Join Katie Lynch and VanKe’via as they discuss The Benedict Center and how they aim to support justice-involved women during their reentry process. The Benedict Center is an interfaith nonprofit dedicated to helping women affected by the criminal justice system find hope and lead safer and healthier lives, while advocating for a system of justice that is fair and treats everyone with dignity and respect.
Interested in learning more about The Benedict Center please review the following:
Benedict Center
Issues Impacting Justice-Involved Women by the Benedict Center
Need more information about women’s experiences post incarceration or how to better support please see the following information:
Women's Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019
Facts about Women Incarceration
Facts about Over Incarceration of Women
Reentry Tipsheet for Women
After Incarceration: A Guide to Helping Women Reenter in the Community
Reentry Consideration for Women
Reentry Considerations for Justice-Involved Women
Reentry resources state by state: Reentry Essentials
Follow us on instagram @morelifethereentrypodcast
Want to send us topic ideas or reach out to us? Email us at morelifereentry@gmail.com
Are you a formerly incarcerated person and want to share your story? Complete this form: Resilient Reentrants Form
Lastly, LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE.
Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.
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More Life: The Reentry Podcast introduces their Women’s History Month series, As A Woman. Tune into our episodes this entire month to learn more about Women and their experiences post incarceration. This month we will be highlighting women’s reentry experiences, celebrating women who have made positive changes post incarceration, and discussing ways to support Women during their reentry process.
For the launch of our Women’s History Month series, Dr. Crystal McIver joins VanKe’via for a discussion on the experiences of women as they transition from incarceration to community. Dr. Crystal McIver is the CEO of Crystal Solutions LLC, a company developed to provide life and employment coaching. She is also a motivational speaker and the founder of the nonprofit organization Experience 180 and Lock4Love. Join VanKe’via and Dr. McIver on a conversation about the unique challenges and reentry needs of women impacted by the legal system. Dr. McIver discussed her personal experience working with women and provided recommendations to post women post incarceration.
Need more information about women’s experiences post incarceration or how to better support women post incarceration please see the following information:
Women's Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019
Facts about Women Incarceration
Facts about Over Incarceration of Women
Reentry Tipsheet for Women
After Incarceration: A Guide to Helping Women Reenter in the Community
Reentry Consideration for Women
Reentry Considerations for Justice-Involved Women
Need to find reentry resources state by state: Reentry Essentials
Interested in learning more about More Life: The Reentry Podcast, follow us on instagram @morelifethereentrypodcast
Want to send us topic ideas or reach out to us? Email us at morelifereentry@gmail.com
Are you a formerly incarcerated or system-impacted person and want to share your story? Complete this form: Resilient Reentrants Form
Lastly, LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE.
Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.
https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/good-feelings
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More Life: The Reentry Podcast introduces their 1st ever series and Black History Month series, Reentry: The Next Civil Rights Movement. Tune into our episodes this entire month to learn more about the Black community and their experiences post incarceration. This month we will be highlighting reentry experiences of the Black community, celebrating Blacks who have made positive changes post incarceration, and discussing ways to support the Black community during their reentry process.
As we wrap up our Black History Month series, Dr. Michael Mitchell joins VanKe’via for a discussion on the motherhood experiences of Black women as they transition from incarceration to community. Dr. Michael B. Mitchell is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Criminology at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), where he teaches courses on race, crime, and justice, policing, social justice, and the school-to-prison pipeline, to name a few. He identifies as a critical criminologist who challenges students and the public alike to see and understand the racist, classist, and sexist underpinnings of the American criminal legal system.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Mitchell’s organizations and work in reentry please review the following links:
Formerly Incarcerated Black Mothers Matter Too: Resisting Social Constructions of Motherhood
Follow his Twitter: @mbmitchelljr
Need more information about Blacks’ experiences post incarceration or how to better support Black/African-Americans post incarceration please see the following information:
Need to find reentry resources state by state: Reentry Essentials
Interested in learning more about More Life: The Reentry Podcast, follow us on instagram @morelifethereentrypodcast
Want to send us topic ideas or reach out to us? Email us at morelifereentry@gmail.com
Are you a formerly incarcerated or system-impacted person and want to share your story? Complete this form: Resilient Reentrants Form
Lastly, LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE.
Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.
https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/good-feelings
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More Life: The Reentry Podcast continues the Black History Month series, Reentry: The Next Civil Rights Movement. Tune into our episodes this entire month to learn more about the Black community and their experiences post incarceration.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day and Black History Month with Dr. Janae Bonsu-Love and VanKe’via as they discuss Black women’s pathways health and self-care in reentry. Dr. Bonsu-Love highlighted the health challenges/needs of Black women post incarceration and how Black women care for themselves during reentry. Dr. Bonsu-Love is the director of research and advocacy of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute (NBWJI). Dr. Bonsu-Love comes to NBWJI as an activist-scholar, policy advocate, and Licensed Master Social Worker committed to ending criminalization while supporting the healing of Black women, girls and nonbinary people. She has a decade of research and advocacy experience on issues spanning the criminal and juvenile legal systems with particular interest and expertise in the areas of policing, reentry, and gender-based violence.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Bonsu-Love’s work and the National Black Women’s Justice Institute please review the following links:
Black Women's Health & Self-Care in Reentry
End the War on Black Women
National Black Women's Justice Institute
Instagram: @nbwji
Twitter: @NBWJInstitute, @janaebonsu
Need more information about Blacks’ experiences post incarceration or how to better support Black/African-Americans post incarceration please see the following information:
Resilience in Formerly Incarcerated Black Women
Need to find reentry resources state by state: Reentry Essentials
Interested in learning more about More Life: The Reentry Podcast, follow us on instagram @morelifethereentrypodcast
Want to send us topic ideas or reach out to us? Email us at morelifereentry@gmail.com
Are you a formerly incarcerated or system-impacted person and want to share your story? Complete this form: Resilient Reentrants Form
Lastly, LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE.
Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.
https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/good-feelings
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More Life: The Reentry Podcast introduces their Black History Month series, Reentry: The Next Civil Rights Movement. Tune into our episodes this entire month to learn more about the Black community and their experiences post incarceration. This month we will be highlighting reentry experiences of the Black community, celebrating Blacks who have made positive changes post incarceration, and discussing ways to support the Black community during their reentry process.
For the launch of our series, Dr. Tisha Smith joins VanKe’via for a discussion on the experiences of African-American men as they transition from incarceration to community. Dr. Smith is currently a licensed therapist in NYS and works at the Monroe County Department of Public Health in Rochester, NY. Prior to that she was the Director of Inmate Drug and Alcohol programming for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Her areas of research include criminal justice policy, homicide, criminal victimization, forensic entomology, gangs, and prison reentry.
Our conversation focuses on various aspects and factors that contribute to the successful reentry of African-American men. Dr. Smith discussed the importance of examining African American men experiences post incarceration and provided recommendations/suggestions to support them after release.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Smith’s organizations and work in reentry please review the following links:
How African-American Ex-Offenders Successfully Negotiate Their Socially Disorganized Environments
Need more information about Black men experiences post incarceration or how to better support them please see the following information:
"It's Hard Out Here if You're a Black Felon:" A Critical Examination of Black Male Reentry
The Lived Experiences of African-American Male Exoffenders in the Northeast United States
Reentry Challenges of Formerly Incarcerated Black Adult Men in Louisiana
Criminal Justice Fact Sheet
Need to find reentry resources state by state: Reentry Essentials
Interested in learning more about More Life: The Reentry Podcast, follow us on instagram @morelifethereentrypodcast
Want to send us topic ideas or reach out to us? Email us at morelifereentry@gmail.com
Are you a formerly incarcerated or system-impacted person and want to share your story? Complete this form: Resilient Reentrants Form
Lastly, LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE.
Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.
https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/good-feelings
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Join a conversation with VanKe’via Garner and Dr. Kyle Ward about justice-involved populations reentering from incarceration into rural communities. Dr. Kyle Ward is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado. He received his MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and his PhD in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include prison and jail reentry, rural criminology, risk assessment, the impact of marijuana legalization, and evidence based policies and practices.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Ward’s organizations and work in reentry please review the following links:
Twitter: @KyleWardUNCO
Need more information about reentry rural experiences or how to better support those returning to rural communities:
Rural Jail Reentry: Offender Needs and Challenges
Interested in learning more about More Life: The Reentry Podcast, follow us on instagram @morelifethereentrypodcast
Want to send us topic ideas or reach out to us? Email us at morelifereentry@gmail.com
Are you a formerly incarcerated or system-impacted person and want to share your story? Complete this form: Resilient Reentrants Form
Lastly, LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE.
Host: VanKe’via Garner, M. S.
https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/good-feelings
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