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WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series.

For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected

S3 | EP 7: THE SENTENCING PROJECT ~ 50 YEARS & A WAKEUP (BONUS EPISODE)

In the wake of 50 Years of Mass Incarceration, this BONUS EPISODE spotlights WE GOT US NOW ally and partner, The Sentencing Project with an in-depth discussion featuring Acting Executive Director, Kara Gotsch and Senior Director of Advocacy, Nicole Porter. about the state of mass incarceration in the United States.  

Launched in 2023, the year-long public education campaign,  #50YearsAndAWakeUp: Ending The Mass Incarceration Crisis In America includes a coalition of advocates, experts, and partners, such as, WE GOT US NOW, all working towards raising awareness about the dire state of the U.S. criminal legal system, the devastating impact of incarceration on communities and families, and proposes more effective crime prevention strategies for our country. 

The title for this campaign was born out of a colloquial phrase that incarcerated people sometimes use to describe the life of their sentence, plus one day (e.g. “I have 20 years and a wake up”). It also serves as a double-entendre, calling for our country to “wake up” to the harsh and dangerous realities of mass incarceration in America. To learn more, go to, https://www.sentencingproject.org/advocacy/50-years-and-a-wake-up-ending-the-mass-incarceration-crisis-in-america/

This informative, educational BONUS episode is not to be missed!

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WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series.

For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.

S3 | EP 6: FATHER'S DAY EDITION - RICKEYRA JIVENS: 32 Father's Day ~ Seeking Freedom for Her Father Serving a Life Sentence

Rickeyra is a Savannah Georgia native who works as a Film + Media Entrepreneur in the Entertainment Industry. She is a 2022 WE GOT US NOW ACTIONIST and Daughter of incarcerated parent, Ricky Jivens, who has seved 32 years of a life sentence. ️

In this episode, Rickeyra speaks about her journey uncovering her father's life sentence from childhood into adulthood. Her father, Ricky, has been incarcerated since he was 20 years old and at 52 years old is the ONLY person in his case that remains incarcerated.  ️

Rickeyra was just 3 months old when her father went to prison and has no memory of meeting him outside of prison walls. ️ She shares about the challenges she experienced at school, home and in her community as a daughter with an incarcerated father. ️

It's been 32 Father's Days separated from her Dad in prison. Rickeyra is determined to end the trauma, stigma and shame of parental incarceration. Her father is a changed man that deserves a second chance.



This episode is not to be missed! 



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FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO: www.WEGOTUSNOW.org | Instagram: @WE_GOTUSNOW | Twitter: @WE_GOTUSNOW

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series.

For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.

S3 | EP 5: DeRonte Craig ~ Redefining Life's Journey ~ Utilizing Principles for Success Amidst the Pain Points of Parental Incarceration 

DeRonte was born in Washington DC and a few months after his birth his father, Ronald Craig, was sentenced tp prison and had been there his entire life. The absence of his Dad played an intricate role in DeRonte's life and left alot of responsibilities on him as the eldest child. The prressures of being the parent child almost derailed DeRonte's lifepath. However, the influence of his strong family support system -- his mother, paternal grandparents and his father from prison -- propelled him from the pathway towards becoming a statistic and into a focused student with a 4.0 grade point average that led to him completing college at HBCU Bowie State University, becoming an Entrepreneur, adjunct professor and WE GOT US NOW Actionist. 

In this episode, DeRonte shares powerful principles with our WE GOT US NOW community on how he has maintained his success and motivation to thrive personally and professionally. His commitment to get his biggest supporter, his Dad, Ronald Criag, home who after 24 years in prison is not eligible for release until 2040 and his journey to creating digital marketing agency, nine27.co.

This episode is not to be missed! 



#WEGOTUSNOW #10MillionInspired #WellBeing #SocialConnection #Community #Actionist #DeRonteCraig #ActionistinAction #ChildrenwithIncarceratedParents #keepfamiliesconnected #WeGotUsNowPodcast



FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.WEGOTUSNOW.org| Instagram @WE_GOTUSNOW | Twitter: @WE_GOTUSNOW

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series.

For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected. 



⭐ S3 | EP 4: RACHEL E. BARKOW ~ Navigating Punishment in America



Rachel Barkow is the Charles Seligson Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. She also serves as the faculty director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU.

From 2013 to 2019, she served as a member of the United States Sentencing Commission. She is the author of Prisoner of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration (Harvard/Belknap, 2019). She has also written more than 30 articles, and she is recognized as one of the country’s leading experts on criminal law and policy. Barkow teaches courses in criminal law, administrative law, and constitutional law.

In 2013, she was the recipient of the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award. The Law School awarded her its Podell Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007. After graduating from Northwestern University (BA, 1993), Barkow attended Harvard Law School (JD, 1996), where she won the Sears Prize. She served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence H. Silberman on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court. Barkow was an associate at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans in Washington, DC. 

This episode is not to be missed!

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.WEGOTUSNOW.org | Instagram @WE_GOTUSNOW | Twitter: @WE_GOTUSNOW

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series

WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series.

For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.️



S3 | EP 3: SYLVIA TASCON ~ Stepping into Greatness: Advocacy for Family, Justice, Fairness + Freedom for Her Incarcerated Father

Sylvia Tascon is a 2022 WE GOT US NOW Actionist from Houston, TX.

She is an Entrepreneur, Loctician and Daughter of Omar Torres Montalvo who continues to be incarcerated for the last 28 years in federal prison. 

In this episode of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast, Sylvia describes growing up as an introverted little girl due to the collateral consequences she experienced as a result of her father's incarceration. She highlights the wonderful, encouraging relationship her father has maintained with her throughout the years, despite the prison walls that separated them.

Motivated by the movement for social justice, Sylvia's interest in advocacy was peaked. She stepped out of the shadows of fear and pain and into the light of strength and advocacy. Yearning to be reunited with her father in the free world, she describes taking her sons to visit her father for the first time and the injustices they faced. As a daughter who experienced the devastating impact of parental incarceration for the majority of her life, she courageously advocates for the reunification of her family, fair sentencing, her father's freedom, and the wellbeing of all children and young adults with justice-impacted parents. 

This is an episode, not to be missed!

#WeGotUsNow #SylviaTascon #10MillionInspired #WellBeing #SocialConnection #ActionistinAction #Actionist #ChildrenwithIncarceratedParents #MassIncarceration #endmassincarceration #ParentsBehindBars #Family #WeGotUsNowPodcast



FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.WEGOTUSNOW.org| Instagram @WE_GOTUSNOW | Twitter: @WE_GOTUSNOW

WE GOT US NOW #KeepFamiliesConnected campaign series ⭐ WELCOME to Season 3 of the WE GOT US NOW Podcast series.

For our 5th annual #KeepFamiliesConnected multimedia campaign series that runs from Mother's Day through Father's Day, WE spotlight our community voices, bring awareness to 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in 2023, and uplift our allies working to reform the criminal legal system and create a a just, equitable society that seeks to keep justice-impacted families connected.️



⭐S3| EP 2: KELLY WOOLF ~ Acknowledging & Uplifting an Unseen Community

Kelly Woolf is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist at Sixth Street Wellness and WE GOT US NOW Board Member. Her personal commitment to social justice and the desire to make an impact in the world has helped her create parallel careers in the fields of social work, mental health, and nonprofit leadership. Her experience as a daughter of a formerly incarcerated parent led her to WE GOT US NOW. She serves on the Governing Board of Directors at WE GOT US NOW, and has been instrumental in the strategic development and growth of the organization since its inception. Principles of equality, social justice, and rehabilitation drove her to the field of Social Work. But it is the incredibly rewarding experience providing clinical services and advocacy for both adolescents and adults that has helped her to develop an incisive and expanded understanding of these principles. 

As a trusted nonprofit leader, her expertise is in strategic visioning, brand building, and content creation. She is the former Chief Impact Officer at Multiplying Good, where for 8 years she held a multifaceted position, dividing her time between partnerships, development, programs, and communications. Prior to Multiplying Good, she was at Fran Drescher's cancer organization, Cancer Schmancer. She began her work with non-profits in 2009, when she assisted in setting up the U.S. branch of The Startfund. She graduated with a BA in Psychology from The New School and received her Masters in Social Work from the Silver School at New York University.  Kelly is a native New Yorker and avid world traveler, with over 10 years of non-profit experience.

WE GOT US NOW is extremely honored to have the opportunity to spotlight our Board Member, Kelly Woolf.

This episode is not to be missed!



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FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO www.WEGOTUSNOW.org| Instagram @WE_GOTUSNOW | Twitter: @WE_GOTUSNOW