Investing in redemption & recovering human value
Featuring the voices of vulnerable populations—with a focus on those affected by mass incarceration—to inspire, connect, and organize direct support for the path forward.
Life in lockdown during COVID-19
The instability we all feel and danger we face right now are being felt tenfold by those incarcerated. With no option to socially distance and without proper PPE or cleaning materials, the men and women on the inside need our help.
What we’re about
We’re all redeemable by nature. No one should be defined solely by their past mistakes. We feature the stories of people rebounding from adversity, allowing us all to take a step in their shoes.
Redeemed Sole is for those who believe in defying the odds and the comeback win. It’s a peek behind the veiled lives of the underserved—a look into prisons and those remaking their futures on the way out. It’s for supporters and allies, providing access to a network of organizations with boots on the ground, making things happen.
Horowitz Family Foundation + Stanford University’s School of Medicine
The Horowitz Family Foundation is donating $1,000,000 to Stanford University’s School of Medicine to establish a COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund with the goal of slowing and eventually stopping the transmission of COVID-19 among the incarcerated population in California, and to better understand this process so that other similar settings will be able to benefit from this knowledge.
Anti-Recidivism Coalition
ARC assists in the reintegration of presently and system impacted people by providing housing, counseling, career training, and services like rides home upon release, as well as providing community and education to people behind bars.
DreamCorps #Cut50
#Cut50 is a bipartisan effort to decrease crime and incarceration across all 50 states by proposing legislation, recommending policy change, and building a network of committed activists.
Prison Creative Arts Project
The University of Michigan organization Prison Creative Arts Project produces art courses, exhibits, publications, and other events that bring people impacted by the justice system and part of the University’s overall community into artistic collaboration.
Root & Rebound
Root and Rebound provides legal services to communities affected by mass incarceration and the justice system. They both provide direct legal services, as well as advocate to reduce the harm from mass incarceration through public education and policy interventions, including sponsoring a variety of bills in state legislatures.
Ladies of Hope Ministries
The LOHM provides housing and food to system impacted women and girls in New York City during their reintegration period. They also work to reform the probation and parole system, and operate a network of system impacted public speakers.
Free Minds Book Club
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop uses books, creative writing, and peer support to awaken incarcerated youths and adults to new possibilities for their future and become powerful voices for change. Free Minds connects members to jobs, education, and violence prevention, and builds a community of support they can rely on as they forge new paths in life.
REFORM Alliance
REFORM’s mission is to dramatically reduce the number of people returned to prison for technical and/or minor probation violations. Reform Alliance consists of influential leaders in business, government, entertainment, sports, and culture who work collaboratively to disable the revolving door of probation and parole.
Project Avary
Project Avary builds brighter futures for children with incarcerated parents by providing youth with a community of belonging, increased self-knowledge, and valuable life and leadership skills. We are committed to ending generational cycles of incarceration, one child at a time.
Stories from inside
Hear from real people about what’s going on, where they’re at, and what we need.
The latest news & project updates
Meet Shaka
Shaka Senghor is the founder of Redeemed Sole, a NYT best-selling author, and leader who uses his own experience of incarceration and story of redemption to inspire others.
“One of the greatest gifts you can give another human being going through adversity is hope.”
