WEBVTT 00:00.833 --> 00:03.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% When you are released from prison, you're free. 00:03.533 --> 00:06.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% But all too often it feels as though you're carrying 00:06.666 --> 00:09.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% the weight of the world on your shoulders. 00:10.166 --> 00:12.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% The roadblocks to success can be enormous, 00:12.833 --> 00:15.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% unforgiving, even cruel. 00:15.700 --> 00:19.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% It is not uncommon for hopelessness and desperation 00:19.733 --> 00:23.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% to settle in, but sometimes in the darkest hours, 00:23.900 --> 00:27.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% the power of an idea can take hold. 00:28.800 --> 00:31.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% That's when returning citizens stand up and take 00:31.900 --> 00:34.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% the future into their own hands. 00:34.166 --> 00:37.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Take an idea and create their own businesses, 00:38.000 --> 00:39.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% their own opportunities. 00:39.500 --> 00:43.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Take a chance to shape their own destinies. 00:43.666 --> 00:45.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% They all have one thing in common, 00:45.800 --> 00:50.033 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% the courage to bet on themselves. 01:01.400 --> 01:05.533 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Returning citizens is made possible by 01:35.400 --> 01:36.900 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% The United Way, 01:36.966 --> 01:39.833 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:32.5% fostering the success of those who, 01:39.900 --> 01:42.833 align:start position:25% line:10% size:52.5% as they return to our neighborhoods remain a 01:42.900 --> 01:47.500 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% largely untapped resource, the formerly incarcerated. 01:47.700 --> 01:49.466 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% Waterman II Fund of the 01:49.533 --> 01:52.666 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Philadelphia Foundation at the recommendation of 01:52.733 --> 01:56.500 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:37.5% David Haas, The Independence Foundation. 02:01.300 --> 02:04.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% There's a jailhouse saying, do the time, 02:04.600 --> 02:06.333 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% don't let the time do you. 02:06.966 --> 02:12.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Alone, in his cell, Darrell Alston drew on inspiration 02:12.366 --> 02:16.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and with no formal training in drafting or design, 02:16.933 --> 02:23.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% created this blueprint for a shoe and an enterprise was born. 02:23.433 --> 02:26.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I feel like I've died and gone to sneaker heaven. 02:26.633 --> 02:27.600 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Where, where are we? 02:27.666 --> 02:30.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% We're at Bungee Brands headquarters. 02:30.133 --> 02:31.866 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:17.5% Bungee. What's Bungee mean? 02:31.933 --> 02:33.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Well, I was dealing with a lot of things. 02:33.333 --> 02:36.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I, I was a recording artist when I first started my, 02:36.066 --> 02:37.366 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% my career as a teenager. 02:37.433 --> 02:39.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And I got into a little bit of trouble. 02:39.266 --> 02:40.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And I was just thinking about how every time 02:41.033 --> 02:43.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I would get to a place that I thought that I made it, 02:43.466 --> 02:45.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I would get in trouble and I would go all the way 02:45.833 --> 02:47.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% back down to the bottom of the ladder and I would 02:47.300 --> 02:48.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% keep going up and down. 02:48.333 --> 02:49.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Like a bungee jumps. Yeah. 02:49.566 --> 02:50.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% It just reminded me of a bungee jumps. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% That's why I, I coined the name bungee. 02:53.566 --> 02:56.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And, and, and the trouble included a couple of bits 02:56.200 --> 02:57.000 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% in, in prison. 02:57.066 --> 02:57.633 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 02:57.700 --> 02:58.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% What was that like? 02:58.933 --> 03:01.133 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Well, from when I first started, 03:01.200 --> 03:03.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I never really wanted to try to do the situation where 03:03.866 --> 03:04.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I was committing crimes. 03:05.000 --> 03:06.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% I really wanted to try to make money so I can create 03:06.500 --> 03:07.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% my own business. Yeah. 03:07.533 --> 03:10.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% And I don't know why I decided to go that route. 03:10.533 --> 03:12.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Because I could have went and got a loan, 03:12.333 --> 03:13.666 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% or I could have went and got an investor. 03:13.733 --> 03:15.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I could have done plenty of things to be able to get it 03:15.266 --> 03:16.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% going, but I didn't have the knowledge of it. 03:16.900 --> 03:19.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% So I just knew only one way to be able to do it, 03:19.866 --> 03:21.033 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% I'm not asking for anything. 03:21.100 --> 03:22.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I'm going to go out and I'm going to make it myself and 03:22.566 --> 03:23.466 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% I'm going to do it. 03:23.533 --> 03:24.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% So you're trying to finance your business? 03:24.633 --> 03:25.500 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% Mm-hmm. 03:25.566 --> 03:27.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And so when you came home the first time, 03:27.366 --> 03:29.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% you're thinking, I got to do better to finance my business. 03:29.833 --> 03:30.666 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 03:30.733 --> 03:32.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% But doing better was still doing what? 03:32.333 --> 03:33.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% Selling drugs. Yeah. 03:33.600 --> 03:34.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And then you got locked up again. 03:34.800 --> 03:35.333 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 03:35.400 --> 03:36.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% And then what happened? 03:36.600 --> 03:38.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Got locked up for two years this time. 03:38.733 --> 03:40.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% And when I got locked up for, no, 03:40.800 --> 03:42.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% it was actually my second go around, 03:42.400 --> 03:44.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I got locked up for three years and that was rough. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% So what made the difference? 03:47.133 --> 03:49.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% When I was a rap artist, I always wanted to walk on 03:49.966 --> 03:51.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% stage with shoes that no one ever saw before. 03:51.966 --> 03:55.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Like, when it comes time for being in the hip hop music 03:55.666 --> 03:58.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% in general, it's like your clothing and your and your 03:58.700 --> 04:01.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% sneakers and everything has to be on point all the time. 04:01.333 --> 04:05.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% How do you go from creating your own shoes to a business? 04:05.166 --> 04:08.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I had a phone call with my mom and she was on the phone crying. 04:08.933 --> 04:10.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And she was like, I don't know what you're going 04:11.000 --> 04:11.833 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% to do with your life. 04:11.900 --> 04:13.000 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% They're doing background checks. 04:13.066 --> 04:14.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It's going to be very difficult for you to find 04:14.533 --> 04:17.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% a job and you're going to have to figure out something 04:17.700 --> 04:19.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% because when you come home, you're not going to be able 04:19.566 --> 04:21.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% to do anything as far as employment's concerned. 04:21.300 --> 04:23.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Something just told me just to start sketching. 04:23.400 --> 04:25.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% And I sketched that first shoe. 04:25.133 --> 04:27.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And after I saw how good that it was, 04:27.533 --> 04:29.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I was like, man, let me just keep doing it. 04:29.933 --> 04:31.000 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% Before it was all said and done, 04:31.066 --> 04:33.400 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% I had over 300 sketches of shoes. 04:33.466 --> 04:36.433 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% I had over 150 designs for apparel. 04:36.500 --> 04:39.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I had glasses, I had belts, like everything you could 04:39.500 --> 04:40.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% possibly think of, fashion-wise, 04:40.733 --> 04:41.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I already sketched it. 04:41.866 --> 04:43.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And you were doing all this when you were locked up? 04:43.100 --> 04:45.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I would get like, training from other artists that were there. 04:45.700 --> 04:47.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So like if I'm walking the yard in the prison 04:47.900 --> 04:50.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and I would see a guy sitting out there with a sketch pad and 04:50.600 --> 04:52.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% he's sketching, I would go give him a pack of 04:52.400 --> 04:54.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% cigarettes for him to give me some pointers on how 04:54.166 --> 04:55.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I can make my de designs better. 04:56.033 --> 04:58.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% So at that point, that's when I started to 04:58.733 --> 04:59.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% take it more seriously. 04:59.800 --> 05:01.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I called my mom and I told her, 05:01.066 --> 05:02.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% look, I really believe in this, this sneaker thing. 05:02.600 --> 05:04.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% My designs are coming out really good. 05:04.833 --> 05:09.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And then she suggested that she would send me some, 05:09.533 --> 05:12.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% some business books so that way I can actually learn how 05:12.533 --> 05:14.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% to write a business plan and come up with a plan while I 05:15.000 --> 05:16.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% was incarcerated instead of trying to work it out when 05:16.866 --> 05:18.033 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% I get back. Wow. 05:18.100 --> 05:20.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And a lot of other guys were working in business plans too? 05:20.300 --> 05:21.266 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:20% As well. Yep. 05:21.333 --> 05:22.400 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% In prison. Mm-hmm. 05:22.466 --> 05:24.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So people-- I don't think people think of people in 05:24.533 --> 05:26.666 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% prison as being entrepreneurs like that. 05:26.733 --> 05:27.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% I don't think so. 05:27.766 --> 05:29.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% But I'm telling you now, like the, 05:29.333 --> 05:31.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% like some of the most smartest people I've ever 05:31.733 --> 05:33.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% met were in prison. 05:33.200 --> 05:35.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I would love to see some of your work. 05:35.733 --> 05:38.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I happen to be a size 13. All right. 05:38.433 --> 05:39.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Well, I happen to have a size 13 for you. 05:40.033 --> 05:40.966 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% You ready to see it? 05:41.033 --> 05:43.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Definitely, these are fierce. I love these. 05:43.866 --> 05:44.933 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Thank you. Thank you. 05:45.000 --> 05:46.700 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Thank you. You're an inspiration. 05:46.766 --> 05:48.233 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Thank you. Appreciate it. 05:48.300 --> 05:49.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% That's great job. Thank you. 05:50.333 --> 05:53.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Maleek Jackson lived in a constant state of anger 05:53.466 --> 05:56.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% behind bars, and learned to channel his negative 05:56.700 --> 06:01.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% emotions into developing a set of skills in the sweet side. 06:01.833 --> 06:04.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% Today he shares what he learned with others, 06:04.466 --> 06:07.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% especially kids, mostly for free in a space he can 06:07.966 --> 06:09.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% proudly call his own. 06:10.933 --> 06:12.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Turn it, front foot. 06:12.833 --> 06:13.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Put the back foot over. 06:17.233 --> 06:18.266 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% There. 06:19.233 --> 06:20.266 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Okay. 06:20.966 --> 06:21.700 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% This is hard. 06:22.366 --> 06:25.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% One, two right here. 06:26.166 --> 06:27.666 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% That's it. Awesome. 06:29.833 --> 06:34.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% You own a boxing gym in Philly. 06:34.300 --> 06:35.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% That's like legendary. 06:35.733 --> 06:37.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% It feels good. 06:38.700 --> 06:43.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% To me, being a business owner is one of my 06:43.300 --> 06:46.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% accomplishments that I pride myself on. 06:46.166 --> 06:48.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Basically because it's something that I set out to 06:48.433 --> 06:50.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% get, I set out to do. 06:50.900 --> 06:54.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% But when I was 16, 17. Really? 06:54.666 --> 06:55.733 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 06:55.800 --> 06:57.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% You know, when I was 16, I was locked up for a whole 06:57.800 --> 07:00.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% lot of mischief and things that I did in the streets 07:00.900 --> 07:01.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% of south Philly. 07:02.033 --> 07:05.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I was committing robberies, I was assaulting people. 07:05.633 --> 07:08.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% I got charged with a gun, charged with shooting. 07:08.066 --> 07:12.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And when I faced the judge I was sentenced. 07:12.166 --> 07:14.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% How much time did you get? 07:14.066 --> 07:15.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I got eight to 16 years. 07:15.800 --> 07:16.966 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:10% Man. Yeah. 07:17.033 --> 07:18.566 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Of which I did 10. 07:18.633 --> 07:21.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% I did three years in solitary confinement. 07:21.333 --> 07:21.966 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% Oh my god. 07:22.033 --> 07:25.433 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% 23 hours in, one hour out. 07:25.500 --> 07:26.433 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Right? 07:26.500 --> 07:27.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% I'm, I'm sorry, man. 07:27.366 --> 07:28.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% Because I, I, yeah, that's, that's, 07:28.866 --> 07:30.500 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% that's torture, right? 07:30.566 --> 07:33.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Boxing was a gift. 07:33.566 --> 07:37.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% It was a gift to me when I was young. 07:37.433 --> 07:40.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And that gift stayed with me when I was in prison. 07:40.466 --> 07:44.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% And from that gift, I attracted the mindset. 07:44.966 --> 07:48.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And from that mindset, I was able to overcome my situation. 07:48.333 --> 07:49.933 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% What do you mean by that? 07:50.000 --> 07:52.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I mean, think about boxing. What is boxing? 07:52.933 --> 07:54.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I mean, it's guys hitting each other. 07:55.333 --> 07:57.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% That's, that's the end result. 07:58.066 --> 08:02.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Boxing is first of all, understanding 08:02.833 --> 08:04.800 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% who you are, right? 08:04.866 --> 08:06.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% And how to move forward. 08:06.800 --> 08:09.666 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Whatever talent and ability that you was given, 08:09.733 --> 08:12.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% prison is the most violent place you could be in. 08:12.233 --> 08:13.533 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Right? 08:13.600 --> 08:17.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And so when the time arrived and I had to defend myself, 08:17.966 --> 08:23.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I fought, I'm a little kid certified as an adult 08:23.366 --> 08:24.566 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% in an adult prison. 08:25.300 --> 08:29.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Now, throughout that journey, 08:29.233 --> 08:34.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I run into an old head who tells me, 08:34.500 --> 08:38.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% hey, you look like a boxer. 08:38.566 --> 08:40.633 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% I've been watching. 08:41.266 --> 08:42.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% You should let me train you. 08:43.533 --> 08:47.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I was using my natural abilities to fight when 08:47.333 --> 08:48.600 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I needed to in prison. 08:49.433 --> 08:53.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And when I ran into someone who had more knowledge and 08:53.433 --> 08:55.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% more experience in the sport of boxing, 08:55.400 --> 08:58.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and he gifted that to me, I used it that, 08:58.433 --> 08:59.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% I used that gift. 08:59.400 --> 09:01.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And now you see the development in that gift 09:01.466 --> 09:02.900 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% right now. Wow. 09:02.966 --> 09:05.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% You didn't just come home and just look at, 09:06.033 --> 09:07.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% get any old job. 09:07.400 --> 09:11.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% You're in this beautiful space that you own. 09:12.766 --> 09:13.966 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% How did that happen? 09:15.000 --> 09:18.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I think this like staying true to, 09:18.733 --> 09:20.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% to your journey. 09:20.300 --> 09:22.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% You know I'm, I'm a student first. 09:22.666 --> 09:25.266 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% And then the best way to the, 09:25.333 --> 09:28.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% the, the, the, to keep and retain what you learn 09:28.833 --> 09:30.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% is to teach it. 09:30.233 --> 09:31.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I said boxing is a gift. 09:31.766 --> 09:34.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And people come to me, I give them a haircut. 09:34.333 --> 09:37.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% That's why I call it, I make them feel good about themselves. 09:37.300 --> 09:39.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So when you see your barber, when you leave your barber, 09:39.633 --> 09:41.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% you feel better, when she goes see her hairdressers, 09:41.600 --> 09:44.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% when she leave her hairdresser, she feel better. 09:44.233 --> 09:45.933 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% So I used that. I used boxing like that. 09:46.000 --> 09:47.900 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and I used my journey, 09:47.966 --> 09:49.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% my life experiences to sprinkle that in. 09:49.733 --> 09:53.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Mike Carter used his time in prison to follow his passion 09:53.966 --> 09:56.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% and develop his skills as a chef. 09:56.800 --> 10:00.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% He describes himself as a flavor regulator and has 10:00.933 --> 10:06.033 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% received national recognition as a world-class pizza yolo. 10:06.100 --> 10:10.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Mike is the executive chef at Down North Pizza where 10:10.300 --> 10:14.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% all of the workers are formerly incarcerated folks. 10:14.066 --> 10:18.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% He's creating a signature line of sauces that he hopes 10:18.133 --> 10:21.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% will soon be available at a restaurant or grocery 10:21.200 --> 10:22.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% store near you. 10:22.800 --> 10:25.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% How did you get the name flavor regulator? 10:25.966 --> 10:28.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Well, one thing for sure when cooking is all about 10:28.566 --> 10:30.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% the flavor, and I try to layer my flavors, 10:31.033 --> 10:34.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% but I grew up on a movie called the Young Guns. 10:34.366 --> 10:38.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% So mobility Kid, regulators mount up. 10:38.266 --> 10:40.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% And where do you work? 10:40.100 --> 10:42.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I'm the executive chef at Down North Pizza. 10:42.633 --> 10:44.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% Tell us about Down North Pizza. 10:44.366 --> 10:45.300 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Okay. 10:45.366 --> 10:47.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Down North Pizza is a mission-based for-profit 10:47.766 --> 10:50.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% restaurant, where I exclusively hire formerly 10:50.166 --> 10:52.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% incarcerated to reduce the recidivism rate? 10:52.466 --> 10:55.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% And why focus on hiring felons? 10:55.333 --> 10:57.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Because I believe--. 10:57.100 --> 10:58.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I, I got to say, I don't like that word felons. 10:58.833 --> 11:01.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% But why, why focus on hiring people who are coming home. 11:01.900 --> 11:03.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Formerly incarcerated or returning citizens, 11:03.800 --> 11:06.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% they like to use I mean, different words like that, 11:06.833 --> 11:08.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% but it all means the same thing. 11:08.166 --> 11:10.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Because you don't think of yourself as a felon, 11:10.533 --> 11:11.266 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5% do you? I do. 11:11.333 --> 11:12.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% I am a felon. Really? 11:12.433 --> 11:13.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Yeah, for sure. What does that mean? 11:13.266 --> 11:14.433 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% It means that I can't get a gun. 11:14.500 --> 11:16.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% It means that I can't get certain business licenses 11:16.833 --> 11:19.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% all because I'm a felon, because I have this--. 11:19.166 --> 11:21.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Like I'm not a full citizen. Okay. 11:21.666 --> 11:23.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% It took my citizenship away. 11:23.066 --> 11:26.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% What's it been like hiring only people who are coming home? 11:26.533 --> 11:30.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I think it works in my favor because I'm hiring a bunch 11:30.500 --> 11:32.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% of, ultimately, like you said, that word felon. 11:32.833 --> 11:34.133 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% Another word I like to say is dads. 11:34.200 --> 11:37.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So everybody that under my employment is a father and 11:37.400 --> 11:39.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% they're the most responsible people in the world. 11:39.733 --> 11:42.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% When I first came home from the penitentiary, 11:42.333 --> 11:44.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% I had to lie on my resumes. 11:44.933 --> 11:45.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Lie about what? 11:45.800 --> 11:47.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% About having a felon. 11:47.266 --> 11:49.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Like they ask you those questions, 11:49.400 --> 11:52.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% but it's like, if I tell you you're not going to hire me. 11:52.166 --> 11:54.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% But then once you get me in and the background search is 11:54.533 --> 11:57.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% complete, it's like, yeah, you lied, 11:57.366 --> 12:00.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% but we need you here because our whole menu from top to 12:00.600 --> 12:02.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% bottom already, so it's like, it's too late. 12:02.600 --> 12:04.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So like, that's kind of like humiliating. 12:04.600 --> 12:05.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% I always have to lie because as a man, 12:05.900 --> 12:06.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% I don't lie to anybody. 12:07.033 --> 12:08.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Like I tell you what it is and what you going to do. 12:09.033 --> 12:10.166 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Okay. 12:10.233 --> 12:12.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So it's like either you, you come for the mission and you 12:12.466 --> 12:14.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% get the food, or you come for the food and you 12:14.233 --> 12:15.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% get the mission. Okay. 12:15.166 --> 12:18.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% So what's next for the flavor regulator? 12:18.233 --> 12:19.700 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% What's your next move? 12:19.766 --> 12:21.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% My next move is actually the launch, 12:21.866 --> 12:23.700 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% two different things. 12:23.766 --> 12:27.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I'm launching a sauce and marinade business behind my 12:27.200 --> 12:31.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% catering company Flavor Regulators in out west, 12:31.566 --> 12:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% a breakfast restaurant launching in West top of the year. 12:34.466 --> 12:35.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% You're making me hungry, brother. 12:35.933 --> 12:37.266 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Yeah, man. Good talking to you. 12:37.333 --> 12:38.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Same here brother. 12:38.200 --> 12:40.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% At the University of Pennsylvania, 12:40.400 --> 12:44.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Dr. Tom Duffin connects the formerly incarcerated with 12:44.166 --> 12:47.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% his students to work together to create business 12:47.666 --> 12:51.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% plans from scratch, from their best ideas and gives 12:51.166 --> 12:53.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% them a chance to pitch to potential investors on the 12:54.000 --> 12:55.400 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% last day of class. 12:55.466 --> 13:00.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It's a lesson plan that both empowers and inspires. 13:00.433 --> 13:03.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Tell me about your journey from being a successful 13:03.366 --> 13:06.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% financial advisor to now working with people 13:06.433 --> 13:07.266 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% who are coming home. 13:07.333 --> 13:08.766 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% While I was a financial advisor, 13:08.833 --> 13:13.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% started working on getting a PhD in social work and 13:13.366 --> 13:15.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% finished that and was looking to just bridge those 13:16.033 --> 13:19.600 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% worlds of, of finance and social work. 13:19.666 --> 13:21.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Because they seem kind of far apart. 13:21.933 --> 13:23.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Like social work is about like, 13:23.300 --> 13:26.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I think working with people from under-resourced communities. 13:26.733 --> 13:29.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% And financial advisor, you're working with rich people. 13:29.200 --> 13:31.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I read about a program that Villanova has where they 13:32.033 --> 13:36.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% provide education inside SEI Phoenix, 13:36.333 --> 13:37.766 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:22.5% a maximum security men's prison, 13:37.833 --> 13:40.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% where the men there actually get Villanova degrees. 13:40.266 --> 13:41.200 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Wow. 13:41.266 --> 13:43.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% And so I wrote to the director of that saying, 13:43.366 --> 13:45.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% hey, I would love to teach in this program. 13:45.133 --> 13:49.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And when the first I walked in there was just amazed by 13:49.666 --> 13:54.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% what just looked like a complete waste of resources. 13:54.500 --> 13:57.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I want to hear more about, I just imagine you in this big 13:57.166 --> 13:59.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% fancy corporate office at Wells Fargo. 13:59.866 --> 14:04.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So what's it like leaving that space and going to a 14:04.200 --> 14:06.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% maximum security prison? Yeah. 14:06.400 --> 14:07.933 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% Was it scary? 14:08.000 --> 14:10.700 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:15% It was surprisingly urns scary. 14:10.766 --> 14:13.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So I expected the first time to be and then found that it 14:14.033 --> 14:16.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% was, it was, it was just anything but. 14:16.866 --> 14:22.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Instead it, it felt like sad but, but not scary. 14:22.733 --> 14:23.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% And what was the sad part? 14:23.900 --> 14:28.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Just the, the waste of just that all these people who 14:28.500 --> 14:30.100 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% had seemed to have a lot to offer, 14:30.166 --> 14:33.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% who had a lot of interest in wanting to add to their 14:33.733 --> 14:36.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% communities that just were denied the ability to do that. 14:36.933 --> 14:38.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Very different from the clients you were used to 14:38.933 --> 14:39.533 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% working with. 14:39.600 --> 14:40.833 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% Oh, this is for sure. 14:41.666 --> 14:45.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And finding then going in the classroom there and 14:45.400 --> 14:48.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% finding everybody's hand up all the time. 14:48.233 --> 14:49.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Everybody read everything. 14:49.433 --> 14:50.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% These guys were eager to learn. 14:51.033 --> 14:53.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% Really eager to learn and really astute. 14:53.800 --> 14:55.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% So if someone's locked up for decades, 14:55.666 --> 14:57.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% what can you teach them that's going to make a 14:58.033 --> 14:59.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% difference in their life? 14:59.133 --> 15:02.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Well that's a really good question and part of it, 15:02.266 --> 15:05.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% because I, I started teaching there this social 15:05.200 --> 15:10.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% impact entrepreneurship and this idea of being able to 15:10.766 --> 15:12.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% maybe create a social business, 15:12.600 --> 15:16.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% make a living, and, and also help communities. 15:16.933 --> 15:18.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% What's a social business? 15:18.800 --> 15:21.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So a business maybe that's not just focused on profits, 15:21.666 --> 15:24.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% but also focused on, on people on the planet, 15:24.800 --> 15:28.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% on, on other bottom lines and just making money. 15:28.066 --> 15:30.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% We're trying to connect people with resources. 15:30.466 --> 15:32.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So that's what we're doing in the program here, 15:32.966 --> 15:35.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% is just trying to bring together people with 15:35.800 --> 15:38.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% resources and, and people who deserve them. 15:38.900 --> 15:39.900 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Great. 15:40.000 --> 15:42.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% People from communities that have been walled off, 15:42.566 --> 15:45.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% segregated and maybe have, have spent a long time 15:45.300 --> 15:47.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% inside don't have these networks. 15:47.900 --> 15:51.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So all of us have our own networks and we all want to 15:51.833 --> 15:56.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% think about ways that we can extend our networks to these 15:56.333 --> 15:59.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% really deserving returning citizens who we're going to 15:59.633 --> 16:00.666 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% hear from today. 16:00.733 --> 16:05.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I spent approximately 15 years combined incarcerated. 16:05.800 --> 16:10.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% And through this incarceration I developed a mental illness. 16:10.166 --> 16:12.166 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% I'm kind of against medicine, 16:12.233 --> 16:15.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% so I'm leery of the side effects and, 16:15.533 --> 16:17.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and the, and the problems of addiction. 16:17.833 --> 16:21.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% So I began researching alternatives to medication. 16:21.800 --> 16:25.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Through my research, I real, I've came to the realization 16:25.166 --> 16:29.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and understanding that CBD is good as to fight anxiety, 16:29.300 --> 16:31.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% depression, as well as chronic pain. 16:31.333 --> 16:33.266 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% My name is Rasan Townsend. 16:33.333 --> 16:36.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'm aspiring food truck entrepreneur and the founder 16:36.766 --> 16:38.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% of the Munchies Breakfast Food Truck. 16:38.800 --> 16:41.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% What munchies is, is a breakfast food truck that 16:42.033 --> 16:43.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% I plan to serve breakfast all day, 16:43.800 --> 16:46.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% meaning outside the normal operation hours that 16:46.300 --> 16:47.433 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% breakfast is served. 16:47.500 --> 16:51.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% The idea of this truck came about during the involuntary 16:51.700 --> 16:54.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% vacation that I had, that I took at the age of 23. 16:54.500 --> 16:59.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% The age of 23, 2004, I was sent to 235 months in the 16:59.333 --> 17:00.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% federal prison system. 17:00.866 --> 17:03.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% That equates to 19 years and seven months. 17:03.400 --> 17:04.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Out that 19 and seven months, 17:04.966 --> 17:06.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I served 17 years of that sentence. 17:07.033 --> 17:09.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Throughout that time I made a vow to myself that 17:09.700 --> 17:13.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% returning back to society, I did not want to return what 17:13.733 --> 17:17.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% I left and to turn this sour situation to something sweet. 17:17.466 --> 17:20.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I'm Andre Keith, better known as Dre Keith. 17:20.300 --> 17:23.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I'm the founder, CEO of Dre Washing Fold. 17:24.700 --> 17:26.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Let me tell you a little story. 17:27.166 --> 17:29.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I want to start by talking about, 17:29.366 --> 17:32.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% as I grew up in Jersey, I was a little kid with my mom, 17:33.000 --> 17:34.066 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% my three siblings. 17:34.133 --> 17:36.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% She would take us to the laundromat because we lived 17:36.966 --> 17:37.766 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% in an apartment building. 17:37.833 --> 17:40.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% We really didn't have ample washing. 17:40.700 --> 17:43.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% She would take us to there and it was like family 17:43.300 --> 17:47.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% people would, would be call me by name. 17:47.433 --> 17:50.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% They knew everything about my schoolwork, 17:50.400 --> 17:51.866 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% it felt like home. 17:52.466 --> 17:54.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% You could come into my place, 17:54.166 --> 17:56.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% sit down, have a cup of coffee, 17:56.266 --> 17:57.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% get your clothes washed. 17:58.000 --> 17:59.366 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% It's great. 17:59.433 --> 18:01.033 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% I'm Chef Mike Carter. 18:01.100 --> 18:04.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I did over 12 and a half years in the penitentiary. 18:04.500 --> 18:12.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So at Down North Pizza, fair wage only hire exclusively 18:12.833 --> 18:14.300 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% formerly incarcerated. 18:14.366 --> 18:16.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% That spoke to me because during the pandemic, 18:16.666 --> 18:18.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% some social justice missions started popping off. 18:18.966 --> 18:21.533 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% George Floyd was a big thing. 18:21.600 --> 18:23.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% People were out here protesting in the street. 18:23.833 --> 18:25.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Somebody like me can't protest. 18:25.933 --> 18:28.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I don't know about you all, but any contact with the 18:28.300 --> 18:30.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% police means that I go back to jail and they ain't a 18:30.766 --> 18:32.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% bail fund that could bail me out. 18:32.333 --> 18:34.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Once that, once that dsy drop, I'm stuck. 18:34.833 --> 18:36.800 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% So Down North Pizza spoke to me. 18:36.866 --> 18:40.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% It was my sort of like my demonstration. 18:40.800 --> 18:43.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I was able to get out here and make something happen. 18:43.433 --> 18:46.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Bon Appétit came at me, New York Times best, 18:46.166 --> 18:48.233 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% 50 best restaurants. 18:48.300 --> 18:50.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% And everybody was just talking about the sauces 18:50.500 --> 18:52.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% that was on these products. 18:52.066 --> 18:55.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And it was this, how do I get it out there with all 18:55.300 --> 18:56.933 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% this media attention coming to me? 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I got people flying in into Philadelphia where 18:59.066 --> 19:01.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Destination Conde Nasin wrote about it. 19:01.233 --> 19:02.233 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% You know what I mean? 19:02.300 --> 19:04.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% They're like damn, I love that sauce that you got 19:04.366 --> 19:05.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% on the pizza. 19:05.433 --> 19:06.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I love that sauce that you got on that the wings. 19:06.866 --> 19:09.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Like, where can I get that? You made all that in here? 19:09.433 --> 19:11.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Because you know Philadelphia it's real 19:11.733 --> 19:13.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% homes, little small, it's small restaurant. 19:13.666 --> 19:15.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% They like you made all that inside. 19:15.133 --> 19:16.833 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% Yeah, let me buy some. 19:16.900 --> 19:25.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% So the sauce market $84.5 billion globally. 19:25.200 --> 19:26.700 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% That's a lot of room. 19:26.766 --> 19:29.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Last year I started selling North Sauce by the court 19:29.500 --> 19:31.966 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% after I got permission from Honcho. 19:32.033 --> 19:33.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% You know what I mean? That's what I call the boss. 19:35.400 --> 19:38.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% By the court on the fly, because basically I had a 19:38.566 --> 19:40.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% believe, a guy made me a believer in myself. 19:40.666 --> 19:42.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% He came in, he was from Toronto. 19:42.733 --> 19:44.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% He said, yo, look, I saw you all on Hulu. 19:44.866 --> 19:47.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% This North Sauce is popping. It is good. 19:47.466 --> 19:49.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% I want some to come home. 19:49.200 --> 19:52.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So like, basically he put pressure on me and pressure 19:52.066 --> 19:54.100 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% either it is going to bust you, 19:54.166 --> 19:55.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% bust a pipe or it's going to make a diamond. 19:55.766 --> 19:59.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% How much of your story your face is going to be part of 19:59.333 --> 20:00.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% the marketing. 20:00.666 --> 20:03.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Oh, of course I'm going to be a poster child 20:04.033 --> 20:07.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% and we building a brand. You very charismatic bro. 20:07.366 --> 20:09.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And you definitely got to add that to your story. 20:09.133 --> 20:11.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Because that is your story. That is your intelligence. 20:11.633 --> 20:13.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And you need to put that out there and market that. 20:13.666 --> 20:15.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% You do, and I love that you smart enough to know what 20:15.800 --> 20:17.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% you know and know what you don't know. 20:17.066 --> 20:19.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% I've learned a valuable lesson that selling my story 20:20.033 --> 20:21.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% is a major part of my success. 20:21.533 --> 20:24.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% So I'm, I'm ready to push the line. 20:24.800 --> 20:26.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% If, if don't nobody else believe in me, I have to. 20:26.766 --> 20:30.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% As of right now, we have over 50 employees and about 20:30.900 --> 20:33.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% 20% of my employees are formerly incarcerated individuals. 20:33.933 --> 20:40.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Last year as of 2022, we had a gross revenue of $1.7 million. 20:41.133 --> 20:44.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Our agency offers industry such as medication reminders. 20:44.400 --> 20:46.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% We accompany you to doctor visits. 20:46.633 --> 20:48.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% We do meal prep and cleanup. 20:48.333 --> 20:52.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% United States has the most incarcerated 20:53.033 --> 20:54.466 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% people in the world. 20:54.533 --> 20:57.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% We don't make you check that box that, that, that box. 20:57.766 --> 20:59.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% That yes or no, if you have been incarcerated. 20:59.800 --> 21:02.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% We don't ask about formerly incarceration or nothing. 21:02.300 --> 21:03.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% If you tell us, you tell us, 21:03.400 --> 21:05.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% we, it is mandatory that you do a background check on 21:06.000 --> 21:08.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% everybody, but as long as you haven't been 21:08.133 --> 21:10.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% incarcerated for anything like welfare fraud, 21:11.033 --> 21:13.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% some of the harsher crimes may be murdered, 21:13.800 --> 21:15.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% then I can give you a job. 21:15.133 --> 21:17.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Like, there's no, there's no reason why I can't give you 21:17.100 --> 21:17.866 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% a second chance. 21:17.933 --> 21:19.200 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I got a second chance. 21:19.266 --> 21:21.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I don't mind giving other people second chances. 21:21.166 --> 21:26.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% My name is Stacey Torrance and I am founder of Fremont 21:26.666 --> 21:27.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% Entrepreneur Network. 21:27.733 --> 21:31.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% In 1988, I was sentenced to life without parole. 21:31.700 --> 21:35.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% Essentially it is a death by incarceration sentence. 21:35.566 --> 21:42.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% You know, I was actually slated to die in prison. 21:42.766 --> 21:46.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Fortunately though fast forward 30 years later, 21:46.466 --> 21:47.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I served 30 years of that sentence. 21:48.000 --> 21:53.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% My entrepreneur network is essentially a website that 21:53.600 --> 21:57.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% highlights and promotes the works, 21:57.400 --> 22:00.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% the good deeds of entrepreneurs who happen to 22:00.466 --> 22:01.900 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% be formerly incarcerated. 22:01.966 --> 22:06.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% To change that stigma and to change that narrative that 22:06.366 --> 22:09.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% the media put out there in regards to people who were 22:09.933 --> 22:12.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% affected by the system. 22:12.133 --> 22:16.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% That makes it difficult for us to get, to get jobs. 22:16.066 --> 22:19.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% It makes it difficult for, difficult for people to find 22:19.733 --> 22:22.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% housing and things like that because of that stigma. 22:22.466 --> 22:26.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% So that's one of the things that the network aimed to change. 22:26.833 --> 22:29.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So we just heard some incredible pitches. 22:29.700 --> 22:32.366 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% That's what I say, but I'm broke, 22:32.433 --> 22:34.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% you the guys who know how to make money. 22:34.666 --> 22:35.900 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% What, what did you think? 22:35.966 --> 22:41.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Well, I, I thought that they were very passionate that 22:41.066 --> 22:42.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% that was the most consistent thing. 22:42.700 --> 22:46.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Very passionate about what they want to bring to the market. 22:46.200 --> 22:49.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% One thing I found interesting is that a lot of 22:49.433 --> 22:51.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% the guys included their own stories. 22:51.766 --> 22:54.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It was almost like part of their business plan. 22:54.566 --> 22:58.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% It's important to them to own the fact that they've done time. 22:58.933 --> 23:01.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% For so long we have been looked at as the 23:01.933 --> 23:04.000 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% lower rung of society. 23:04.066 --> 23:06.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% So when we can step in these spaces and get that 23:06.833 --> 23:10.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% confidence and feel that that synergy coming from 23:10.266 --> 23:11.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% people, that is a, that's a good thing. 23:11.933 --> 23:13.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% That's a step in the right direction. 23:14.000 --> 23:14.400 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Right? 23:14.966 --> 23:16.833 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% For being, being incarcerated, 23:16.900 --> 23:20.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% I think it takes about two and a half years to get one 23:20.066 --> 23:21.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% of your years back. 23:21.333 --> 23:23.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% There's things that you can do in life to 23:23.966 --> 23:27.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% speed those processes up. I live by them. 23:27.933 --> 23:30.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Creating a family of my own. 23:30.200 --> 23:34.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Working, paying bills, and creating something that's mine. 23:34.200 --> 23:37.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Entrepreneurship is really about solving problems. 23:37.100 --> 23:39.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% And men who've been incarcerated, 23:40.033 --> 23:43.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% they're some of the greatest geniuses walking the earth. 23:44.000 --> 23:45.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% They know how to solve problems. 23:45.133 --> 23:46.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Trust me, they're out there. 23:46.500 --> 23:47.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% And that's what we are here to do, 23:47.666 --> 23:49.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% is highlight what we do so we're not the exception. 23:49.900 --> 23:52.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% So to let them know that it is a lighthouse and there is 23:52.700 --> 23:54.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% a light out there that you can guide and go 23:54.633 --> 23:55.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% towards the individuals. 23:56.000 --> 23:57.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Because trust me, they're out there. 23:57.533 --> 23:59.133 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% That's great. Thanks very much. 23:59.200 --> 24:00.666 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% Thank you. You guys are awesome. 24:01.766 --> 24:05.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Entrepreneurs are a rare breed ready and willing to 24:06.000 --> 24:11.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5% take risk and turn their dreams into reality against tough odds. 24:11.166 --> 24:16.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Returning citizens too often face an uphill battle and 24:16.066 --> 24:20.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% reclaiming the dream of a decent life after the pain 24:20.333 --> 24:22.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% of incarceration. 24:22.200 --> 24:26.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% For those who take on the challenge and responsibility 24:26.266 --> 24:30.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% of making their own way, salvation comes in the form 24:30.433 --> 24:34.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% of hard work, persistence and the belief in anyone's 24:34.633 --> 24:38.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% ability to make good things happen if they have faith 24:38.633 --> 24:40.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% and never give up. 24:40.333 --> 24:45.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% For many, the riskier role is the role best chosen 24:46.400 --> 24:50.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% and the reward, the possibility of a new world 24:50.566 --> 24:52.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% on their own terms. 25:35.166 --> 25:39.233 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Returning citizens is made possible by 26:09.166 --> 26:11.000 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% The United Way, 26:11.066 --> 26:15.066 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% fostering the success of those who as they return to 26:15.133 --> 26:19.366 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% our neighborhoods, remain a largely untapped resource. 26:19.433 --> 26:21.400 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% The formerly incarcerated. 26:21.466 --> 26:23.566 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% Waterman II Fund of the 26:23.633 --> 26:26.666 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Philadelphia Foundation at the recommendation of 26:26.733 --> 26:30.500 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:37.5% David Haas, the Independence Foundation.