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Thank you for letting us hear your story!

Thank you for sharing your expereince

Thank you for sharing!

thank you for sharing your wisdom.

Thank you for sharing so bravely and honestly, friend! We are so very proud of you and feel honored to know you!

You have so much offer, and we are so glad you're home with us!

Thank you for sharing your story. Looking forward to you helping us to use your lived experience to help move this conversation forward

Thank you for sharing your story. Your vulnerability is seen and heard.

thank you so much for sharing your story and perspective. I really value what you have to offer.

Thank you for sharing with all of us.

Thank you for sharing your story. You were amazing in A Christmas Carol.

Thank you! So courageous. Beautifully shared. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for being brave and sharing your testimony

Thank you so much for your perspective. I'm so sorry you were discriminated against but I am so glad you are here and we have the opportunity to hear your voice!

A few have asked about DU PAI in the Q&A: https://liberalarts.du.edu/prison-arts

I questioned why social workers were not in these spaces. I’m so glad this is been brought up. Thank you!

Thank you, Chris, for this idea! It seems like an important part of working toward justice.

Hi Chris do you have Spanish speaker on your unit

Longmont PD has a similar program called CORE

Thank you for your work. Much needed.

Thank you Chris!

That is wonderful, I'm a soclal worker too, thank you for your work!

is there any centralized resource for finding co-patrol programs similar to the one you started?

For those who want to know more about CIT Crisis Intervention Team Programs:

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Crisis-Intervention/Crisis-Intervention-Team-(CIT)-Programs

Thank you so much April!

Thanks for your perspective and sharing your experience.

Thank you so much for sharing. Your voice matters.

Amazing job Apryl! I'm so proud of your organizing work in the community - all while maintaining a faculty job.

Thank you so much, Apryl!

Thank you, April! Yes, I agree with a restorative justice approach, too.

Thank you so much for your work in the systems that aren't built for you - your voice is necessary. I hope you can find rest amidst the trauma and vicarious trauma you are experiencing and bearing witness to.

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Thank you Kevin for your social justice work

Amazing job Kevin - thank you so much!

Thank you for sharing what you do as a social worker. Speaking about resilience is important

Thank you Kevin!

you are amazing. way to keep serving and questioning.

Thank you for sharing your story Kevin. I appreciate you vulnerability.

Your personal and professional work is inspiring.

Thank you, Kevin! So excited to learn from you this school year :)

I appreciate your share, Kevin. Thank you!

Thank you, Kevin! I enjoyed listening to your perspective.

Thanks Kevin! appreciate you sharing your journey to social justice work.

Kevin thanks for sharing your story. Great to hear about the work you are doing in Maryland! I am from Baltimore and have lived here the majority of my life

Thank you for sharing your good works and positive outcomes.

Thank you for sharing info about your work and perspective.

Thank you so much for sharing Kevin! I really resonate with your story about you growing up and where you got these views from as I’ve had a similar story. I really appreciate you taking the time to share with us!

Thanm you for sharing so honestly, Kevin!

Brian, thank you for living authentically, and carrying your true self into your work. I work in the immigration detention context and do similar mitigation-like/education work with the immigration court and immigration attorneys. What types of strategies to you find most effective in educating the courts and government counsel/prosecutors about trauma, mental illness, etc.?

Thank you Kevin, I appreciate your perspective! I resonate with the resilience of the people who are caught in these systems

Kevin Bishop Office of Alternative Defense Council

https://www.coloradoadc.org/

Thank you so much for your sharing - your story is so moving. I’ve worked with so many folks inside who name your story as one that gives them incredible hope for healing and forgiveness. You’re journey and story are so important and are having a massive impact!

Yay Sharletta! You are so incredibly beautiful. you inspire so many!

Thank you for sharing your story and the work you are doing!

Wow, forgiveness is so powerful. I am so grateful to hear your story!

Thank you Mrs. Evans for helping us grow through your story. It can help us forgive and challenge how we think of the justice system.

Thank you for sharing your story, Sharletta. The work you are doing for our youth is so needed. You are an inspiration!

Wow. And thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing Sharletta. Your life’s work has completely changed my perspective of what can be done and how victims/survivors can get peace in a different way than what society says they should get. Thank you so, so, so much

I hear family members who have lost their relatives to violence say, "I want justice to b done" meaning they want the maximum prison term for the perpetrator. How wonderful to hear your voice tonite speak of what healing really involves, and it's not a long prison sentence!

Outstanding!!!! Mrs. Evan's, I am so impressed and in awe of your compassion.

Sharletta your story is so incredibly moving and so courageous. Thank you for sharing and for your continued work for healing in the world.

Sharletta, I have so much gratitude for your work and the way you have chosen to transform your pain into healing for us as a society. Thank you isn't enough. You are amazing,

Thank you for your powerful story. We each can make a difference. You are an inspiration.

Thank you SO much Sharletta!

Sharletta, your story is flat out amazing! You embody what it’s going to take to get past a purely punitive response to harm in lives and communities

Wow, thank you so much for sharing and for being an example of immense amounts of empathy and forgiveness that can change our society

Amazing. Thank you for sharing your story with us.

Sharletta, your journey and experience in forgiveness is filled with grace, strength, perseverance, resilience, hope, grit, and much more. Not only is your story moving, but you have given an intimate piece of your truth to us and it is very meaningful when reimagining justice. Forgiveness is powerful and yet incredibly difficult. Thank you, thank you.

Thank you for this powerful story, Sharletta!

Thank you for sharing your powerful story. Your courage and forgiveness and resilience are so moving

Sharletta thanking you for sharing your story with us. Forgiveness is soo powerful

Thank you for sharing your story. Your compassion is so powerful to hear about.

what about new hope center for rehabilitation and redemption?

I like that Marilyn!

The Cycle. It symbolizes change and growth in every phase of life to be our best selves

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maybe something about community care and restoration

Non-existent is the first thing that comes to mind

Thank you Mark :)

I think systems need to change in the schools… esp elem school…. Not wait until high school for programs that support children who need it.

Chris, Maryland is doing similar things. Governor Hogan is tying to expand highways but he cancelled a bus line that would have helped many communities.

Great points Chris!!!

Thank you, Chris. I am a Social Worker living and working in the Far Northeast and you are absolutely correct. I am currently working with a group to improve access to behavioral health services up here. Jacquie Stanton jacquiestanton09@gmail.com

*and recognize that as white people we are inherently racist

yes Kevin!!!

Thank you Kevin, also check our Bias'

We can be for humans! <3

yes Sharletta!!!

I would love for Jamiylah t speak at my school!

The students I work with could benefit from hearing from you!

It’s also important we talk to the communities/populations we are aiming to serve to find out what they truly want/need as opposed to thinking our outside perspectives are the “fix”. Jamiylah, you are proof of why that is so so important!

DU should redistribute wealth and fund a degree for Jamiylah!

Yes, Sam.

Yes, Sam! Great idea

Yes! I agree with Sam!!

Absolutely!

Yes!!!!!!

Yes yes yes!

You could also use the professionals who live and work in the community to access thos folks.

Thank you for your time!

Thank you, all!!

Thank you for a terrific program.

Thank you all so much! It’s impossible to speak to the gratitude felt for tonight and all of you taking the time to share with us. Thank you!!

Thank you all so, so much!!

YES to Octavia!

Many thanks to all of the story tellers!

Thank you for sharing your stories and for the work you do in your communities.

Thank you, everyone!

octavia butler was one of the best writers ever

Thank you all so much! You are changing the world

Thank you!! So much to take away

Thank you so much everyone!! What an inspiring presentation

Thank you all!

Thank you so much everyone!

Thank you!!!!

thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!