In recent years, Trinity has held an ongoing dialogue about incarceration and the modern prison-industrial complex. We’ve read about and heard from people familiar with the struggles of life behind bars. Now it’s time to consider this: How do those who have spent years in prison adjust to life outside?
Join us for the forum hour on April 27 to hear how one nonprofit, the Workwell Partnership, is addressing this issue. A Trinity outreach partner, WorkWell provides job- and life-skills training to returning citizens. Hear what one man has to say about how WorkWell changed his life—and from some of the people who have helped lead the program: Executive Director Jeannette Rizk and board members Connie Leyden and Tom Gates.
I’m headed on the straight and narrow. Treat people the way you want to be treated—you never know when you are going to run into an angel. And they do walk the face of the earth.
—WorkWell graduate Murray
WorkWell sessions are like therapy—they sprinkled stardust on me. I found courage to be a better man, not just for myself but for the community.
—WorkWell graduate Larry