WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:04.433 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5% The lived experience of incarceration 00:04.500 --> 00:07.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% is difficult, but a woman's experience is markedly 00:07.800 --> 00:09.666 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% different from that of a man. 00:10.433 --> 00:14.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Their time in jail is almost universally abusive, 00:14.333 --> 00:16.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% humiliating, and cruel. 00:18.033 --> 00:20.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% When their prison terms come to an end, 00:20.266 --> 00:24.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% what women need most is a helping hand, 00:24.300 --> 00:26.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% a launching pad to a new life, 00:26.833 --> 00:31.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% a safe haven that brings us to the door of 00:31.233 --> 00:33.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Ardella's House in Philadelphia. 00:33.866 --> 00:43.833 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% [music] 00:45.966 --> 00:49.700 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% Returning Citizens is made possible by 00:49.766 --> 00:59.733 align:start position:40% line:10% size:17.5% [music] 01:04.700 --> 01:14.700 align:start position:40% line:10% size:17.5% [music] 01:20.100 --> 01:24.300 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% The United Way, fostering the success of those who as 01:24.366 --> 01:27.366 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% they return to our neighborhoods remain a 01:27.433 --> 01:29.800 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% largely untapped resource. 01:29.866 --> 01:34.000 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% The formerly incarcerated Waterman Two Fund of the 01:34.066 --> 01:38.300 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% Philadelphia Foundation at the recommendation of David Haas. 01:38.366 --> 01:40.800 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% The Independence Foundation. 01:47.233 --> 01:50.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I almost thinks she used to rehab ... 01:50.433 --> 01:51.666 align:start position:45% line:79.33% size:7.5% Hi. Hi Tonie. 01:51.733 --> 01:54.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Welcome, welcome. Welcome to Ardella's House. 01:54.133 --> 01:55.466 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Thank you. Thank you. 01:59.166 --> 02:01.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Look at this, it's gorgeous. Yeah. 02:01.266 --> 02:02.366 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% Thank you. 02:02.800 --> 02:04.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Ms. Tonie, how did you get the resources to make this 02:04.833 --> 02:05.766 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% beautiful space? 02:05.833 --> 02:08.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Ms. Burton, Safe Housing Network, 02:09.433 --> 02:10.866 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% it was like a dream. 02:10.933 --> 02:14.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I was praying a lot because I knew how I wanted this 02:14.266 --> 02:18.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% house to look and I knew that I needed funding. 02:18.200 --> 02:20.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I couldn't do it, I got tired of begging people 02:20.533 --> 02:22.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% because people didn't understand cause they had 02:22.966 --> 02:25.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% never been incarcerated, so they didn't understand my 02:25.233 --> 02:27.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% pain and what I needed for the women. 02:27.300 --> 02:29.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% No one understood but Ms. Burton. 02:29.733 --> 02:35.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I'm putting everything I can into changing the game. 02:35.866 --> 02:39.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Susan Burton has been called a modern-day Harriet Tubman 02:39.900 --> 02:44.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% for her powerful leadership of formerly incarcerated women. 02:44.666 --> 02:49.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Susan came up the hard way, but she says mistakes belong 02:49.133 --> 02:53.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% to the past and she belongs to the future. 02:53.866 --> 02:58.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% She has built a worldwide network of safe houses that 02:58.700 --> 03:02.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% offer returning citizens a room of their own and a 03:02.900 --> 03:06.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% sisterhood of healing and support. 03:06.133 --> 03:08.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% Susan, you had a rough growing up. 03:08.400 --> 03:09.100 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10% Yes. 03:09.166 --> 03:10.833 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% What was that like? 03:12.100 --> 03:15.166 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% Instead of dressing my dolls up, 03:15.233 --> 03:18.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I was trying to figure out how to keep my dress on 03:18.966 --> 03:24.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% because people were harming me. 03:24.133 --> 03:26.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% What, what, what's some of the trauma? 03:26.500 --> 03:28.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I know this is tough to ... Yeah yeah. 03:28.333 --> 03:29.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Talk about what about in your ... 03:29.500 --> 03:38.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I mean, I mean sexual ways, ways where there would be 03:38.766 --> 03:41.000 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% physical harm, there were beatings, 03:41.066 --> 03:45.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% there was, you know, just so much. 03:46.266 --> 03:47.466 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% And how did you cope? 03:47.533 --> 03:51.700 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% You know, I learned to survive. 03:53.533 --> 04:00.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I learned to mitigate the harms that were happening, 04:00.300 --> 04:03.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I learned to dodge this one for that one. 04:05.000 --> 04:10.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And, you know, I just learned to survive. 04:10.066 --> 04:15.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% And did some of that survival include stuff that 04:15.466 --> 04:18.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% will be considered criminal breaking the law? 04:18.266 --> 04:22.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% When the day my son was killed, 04:22.833 --> 04:28.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% the day he died, I just could not hold any more harm. 04:28.366 --> 04:33.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% The grief was unbearable and I began to drink. 04:33.300 --> 04:36.600 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% I'm so sorry about your your son. 04:36.666 --> 04:38.833 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:12.5% Yeah. It's such a tragic story. 04:38.900 --> 04:42.200 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% Yeah, yeah. What, what happened to him? 04:43.900 --> 04:48.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So I picked my son up from school and I was in the 04:48.666 --> 04:51.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% kitchen cooking and he was out playing 04:51.666 --> 04:57.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and a LAPD detective ran him over. 04:59.900 --> 05:04.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% The, the death was accidental but it didn't 05:04.166 --> 05:07.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% feel accidental when someone runs, 05:07.866 --> 05:11.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% your son runs your child over and never gets out the car. 05:11.933 --> 05:13.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% How old was he? Five. 05:13.400 --> 05:14.800 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:12.5% Five. He was five. 05:14.866 --> 05:15.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% He brought you a flower. 05:15.933 --> 05:18.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% He had brought me in a flower a chrysanthemum and 05:18.266 --> 05:22.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% it was full of ants and he said here mommy, 05:22.933 --> 05:27.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% this is for you and, and then he was gone. 05:27.800 --> 05:36.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I could no longer stand and bear all of the harm I had 05:36.133 --> 05:41.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% to be an experiencing through life so I began to drink. 05:43.633 --> 05:47.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% The war on drugs was in full flight in my community. 05:47.633 --> 05:53.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I began to, it escalated the drinking escalated to 05:53.300 --> 05:58.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% substance use, and for the substance use 05:58.400 --> 06:00.933 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% I was incarcerated. 06:01.000 --> 06:03.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% And what was the experience of being 06:03.400 --> 06:05.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% incarcerated like for you? 06:05.300 --> 06:11.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I felt like what I believe my ancestors 06:11.333 --> 06:13.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% experienced in slavery. 06:14.333 --> 06:21.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I was stripped and robbed of my community and my identity 06:21.800 --> 06:24.766 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% and my individuality. 06:25.700 --> 06:28.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I was stripped out of my clothes and sprayed like an 06:28.966 --> 06:36.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% animal and put in garments that were prison garments. 06:38.400 --> 06:45.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I was shuffled to meals and fed food that 06:45.466 --> 06:48.766 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% sometimes was unrecognizable. 06:48.833 --> 06:52.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So you didn't feel like you were getting any 06:52.233 --> 06:54.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% kind of rehabilitation? 06:54.266 --> 06:57.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% You have to understand that I was in a revolving 06:57.400 --> 06:59.100 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% door of incarceration. 06:59.166 --> 07:00.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% How many times were you? 07:00.500 --> 07:02.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Six times I went in and out of prison. 07:03.800 --> 07:11.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And I want to hear more about how you went from that 07:11.900 --> 07:15.766 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% very broken woman to Ms. Burton. 07:15.833 --> 07:16.933 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 07:17.000 --> 07:21.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% This extremely successful social justice entrepreneur, 07:21.466 --> 07:26.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% CNN Award winner, and double ACP Image Award winner. 07:27.066 --> 07:31.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I made my way to a treatment facility in Santa Monica, 07:33.100 --> 07:39.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% a wealthy area of Los Angeles County about five 07:39.166 --> 07:41.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% miles down the highway from South LA. 07:41.633 --> 07:43.566 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% But a world of difference? 07:43.633 --> 07:48.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% A world of difference, it was like two completely 07:48.733 --> 07:52.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% different worlds, Santa Monica's was resourced. 07:52.900 --> 07:56.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% For the first time in my life, I felt safe. 07:57.000 --> 07:59.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% I went into that treatment facility, 08:02.333 --> 08:05.066 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% they fed me, they clothed me, 08:05.133 --> 08:07.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% they treated me with dignity. 08:09.300 --> 08:13.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And then I began to think, if I could build something 08:13.766 --> 08:19.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% like this, if I could create something like this in South LA 08:19.500 --> 08:22.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% that they had in Santa Monica, 08:22.800 --> 08:27.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% then perhaps I can help my community. 08:27.833 --> 08:33.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And the other thing is that I couldn't take back the 08:33.533 --> 08:39.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% years of pain and suffering that I had endured going in 08:39.366 --> 08:43.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and out of prison but I could help another woman 08:44.400 --> 08:50.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% not endure the cycle of incarceration and break the 08:50.200 --> 08:54.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% recidivism for her if there was a place to go. 08:54.366 --> 08:57.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% So people have this idea when you come home that 08:57.333 --> 09:00.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% everybody's got a home to go to family, 09:00.333 --> 09:03.566 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% friends who were waiting with open arms. 09:03.633 --> 09:06.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% You know, I've heard people tell me, 09:06.100 --> 09:09.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% why don't you just pull yourself up by your bootstraps? 09:09.333 --> 09:13.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And what I have to say, say to them is I'm barefoot, 09:14.266 --> 09:15.800 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% I have no boots. 09:15.866 --> 09:17.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% And all these women across the nation, 09:18.033 --> 09:21.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% they're leaving prisons and jails without boots too. 09:21.866 --> 09:24.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Because women have different challenges coming 09:24.800 --> 09:27.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% home than men do. It's not easy for men. 09:27.266 --> 09:29.366 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:12.5% Yeah. Even harder for women. 09:29.433 --> 09:33.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Usually there is a woman that's, 09:33.233 --> 09:36.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% that's waiting to, to, to be with them when they come 09:36.400 --> 09:40.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% home but when we incarcerated the, 09:40.833 --> 09:44.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% the husband or the man goes on and finds another woman 09:44.766 --> 09:46.966 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and leaves us and it's, it's you, 09:47.033 --> 09:49.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% you can tell by the visiting room, 09:49.166 --> 09:51.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% men's visiting rooms are full. 09:51.233 --> 09:54.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% Women's visiting rooms are pretty, 09:54.200 --> 09:56.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% pretty, you know, scarce with visitors. 09:56.800 --> 10:00.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% So you wanted to reach out to women specifically? 10:00.866 --> 10:06.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I wanted to give what had been given to me to other 10:06.066 --> 10:08.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% women because it was so helpful. 10:08.366 --> 10:12.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% You started just by picking up women who were coming home. 10:12.500 --> 10:17.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% I got a little house and I called it A New Way Of Life 10:17.066 --> 10:18.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% because that's what I'd found. 10:19.033 --> 10:22.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I had found a new way of life and I wanted to offer 10:22.700 --> 10:24.200 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% it to other women. 10:24.266 --> 10:26.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% And you picked them up at the bus and then what? 10:26.400 --> 10:27.866 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% I'd bring him on home. 10:27.933 --> 10:30.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'd say, girl, I have a place to go and if you want 10:31.000 --> 10:34.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% to come there, it's drug and alcohol free and it's safe 10:35.000 --> 10:37.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and it's clean and there's a bed there for you if you 10:38.033 --> 10:39.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% want to come live there. 10:39.766 --> 10:41.900 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% But at first, this was your house. 10:42.766 --> 10:48.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% This was my house and we live there together, 10:49.333 --> 10:53.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and it was the most beautiful community 10:54.066 --> 10:55.966 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% I have ever been in. 10:56.033 --> 10:59.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It was a community of women helping women. 11:00.300 --> 11:04.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% We cooked together, we shared resources, 11:04.700 --> 11:07.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% we laughed together, we cried together, 11:07.966 --> 11:10.400 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% we went to meetings together. 11:10.466 --> 11:14.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% We, you know, slept under the same roof, 11:14.133 --> 11:18.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% waked in the morning, we healed together. 11:18.300 --> 11:22.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Tonie Willis didn't want to create just a shelter for 11:22.766 --> 11:24.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% formerly incarcerated women. 11:25.000 --> 11:28.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% She understood that a gorgeous place they could 11:28.466 --> 11:33.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% call home would help them thrive and rise up. 11:33.333 --> 11:35.766 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% Everything had to be perfect, 11:35.833 --> 11:39.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% because Tonie named Ardella's house after the 11:39.900 --> 11:43.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% most inspiring person she knew, her mom. 11:44.033 --> 11:45.366 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% What was your mom like? 11:45.433 --> 11:49.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Loving, there was no one more loving than my mother. 11:49.566 --> 11:51.833 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% When I started Ardella's house, 11:51.900 --> 11:55.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I wanted like a therapeutic name for Ardella's house and 11:55.866 --> 11:57.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I was coming up with these different names. 11:57.433 --> 11:59.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And a friend of mine, he was looking at me like I was 11:59.900 --> 12:01.466 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% crazy and I said what's wrong? 12:01.533 --> 12:03.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I said you don't like these names I'm coming up with. 12:03.733 --> 12:06.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% He said you want to name your program after your 12:06.466 --> 12:08.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% mother because there was nobody more loving and 12:08.733 --> 12:10.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% caring than your mother. 12:10.733 --> 12:13.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% My mother didn't believe in throwing people away, 12:14.000 --> 12:16.366 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% she saw good and everybody. 12:16.433 --> 12:21.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And what does it mean that this is Ardella's house? 12:21.366 --> 12:24.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% My mother loved all of us unconditionally, 12:24.566 --> 12:27.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and like I said, she's all good in everybody, 12:27.566 --> 12:30.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% so I just hope that I'm making her proud by naming 12:30.900 --> 12:32.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% this program after her. 12:32.933 --> 12:35.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% So your mom inspired you to pay it forward, 12:35.833 --> 12:40.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% but why this particular house with this service? 12:41.000 --> 12:43.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% A man can come home today, tomorrow, 12:43.200 --> 12:45.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and might look up Sharon, who he was running with 12:45.400 --> 12:47.666 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% before his incarceration, and say, 12:47.733 --> 12:49.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% hey, can I move in or whatever? 12:49.533 --> 12:53.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Women, a high percentage of women are mothers and they 12:53.700 --> 12:55.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% can't just come home and grab their kids and 12:55.866 --> 12:56.833 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% move in with somebody. 12:56.900 --> 13:00.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So I decided to do work around women that were 13:00.300 --> 13:03.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% coming home and make sure that they have all the 13:03.400 --> 13:08.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% things they need to succeed once they're home. 13:08.166 --> 13:11.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% And you have personal experience with incarceration? 13:11.433 --> 13:15.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Yes, sometimes I forget that I was formerly incarcerated 13:15.200 --> 13:18.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% because it was in my early 20s and I'm a woman of a 13:18.800 --> 13:20.366 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% certain age now, we won't say, 13:20.433 --> 13:22.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% but sometimes I forget about it. 13:22.233 --> 13:26.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But I didn't have some of the stories that I hear from 13:26.066 --> 13:27.133 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% the other women. 13:27.200 --> 13:30.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I was blessed to have had a house when I went in and 13:30.100 --> 13:32.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I still had a house when I came home. 13:32.200 --> 13:35.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I didn't have any of the challenges that a lot of 13:35.133 --> 13:37.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% these women have that we work with. 13:37.666 --> 13:41.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So it was important for me to help them to find housing 13:41.166 --> 13:43.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and to give them a place to come to. 13:43.900 --> 13:46.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% You know a lot of women that are incarcerated have very 13:46.666 --> 13:49.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% low self-esteem and sometimes their 13:49.166 --> 13:53.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% incarceration is because I call them crimes of passion. 13:53.700 --> 13:55.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Because of them having low self-esteem, 13:55.600 --> 13:57.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% they choose the wrong person to love, 13:57.600 --> 13:59.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% the wrong person to bring into their lives. 13:59.300 --> 14:02.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So it was important for me to help boost their 14:03.000 --> 14:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% self-esteem, to teach them and let them know their self-worth. 14:06.900 --> 14:10.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% So there are a lot of women who come home who I'm sure 14:10.633 --> 14:13.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% would love to be in this space. 14:13.500 --> 14:17.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% How do you decide who gets to live here? 14:17.166 --> 14:20.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Well, we work very close with parole and the 14:20.800 --> 14:24.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% counselors inside of the prison to make sure it's a good fit. 14:24.566 --> 14:28.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% We don't take women with mental illness. 14:28.233 --> 14:31.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% When we started, we used to say that we wouldn't take 14:31.200 --> 14:33.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% violent offenders, but we had to change it because so 14:33.166 --> 14:36.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% many women are incarcerated and never shown any signs of 14:36.400 --> 14:39.300 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% being violent before until they couldn't stand being in 14:39.366 --> 14:42.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% an abusive relationship anymore and striked out at 14:42.466 --> 14:45.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% their love or whether they killed them or just 14:45.066 --> 14:47.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% physically hurt them some type of way. 14:47.366 --> 14:50.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% So we had to change that and so we take some 14:50.233 --> 14:51.466 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% violent offenders now. 14:51.533 --> 14:54.466 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% And what kind of services do they receive when they're here? 14:54.533 --> 14:56.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% We have full wrap around service. 14:56.700 --> 14:59.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% We have mentoring, we have felony unification, 14:59.166 --> 15:01.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% we have drug and alcohol, we have GED. 15:01.900 --> 15:05.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Do you think women people get angry or at women? 15:05.066 --> 15:07.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% It's it seems like it's different for women. 15:07.500 --> 15:10.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Women are still the fastest growing population of 15:10.966 --> 15:12.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% mass incarceration. 15:12.100 --> 15:14.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But a lot of times when I go across the country to a 15:14.866 --> 15:17.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% conference or listen to people talk about mass 15:17.233 --> 15:20.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% incarceration, they still don't talk about the women 15:20.133 --> 15:20.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% the way they should. 15:20.833 --> 15:22.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% They still talk about the men. 15:22.066 --> 15:25.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Even the jumpsuits that are in the prisons are still 15:25.400 --> 15:27.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% geared towards men and not women. 15:27.366 --> 15:30.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% So you share really beautiful memories about 15:30.333 --> 15:32.333 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% your mom, Ardella. 15:32.400 --> 15:36.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% What would you like people to remember about Ms. Tonie? 15:37.800 --> 15:41.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I just want them to know that I'm loving and caring 15:41.500 --> 15:47.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and I'm always trying to show them the best of their self's. 15:47.700 --> 15:50.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% Where do you get the strength to keep on keeping 15:50.533 --> 15:53.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% on when nothing seems to go right? 15:53.400 --> 15:59.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I talked to women who found that power at Ardella's house. 15:59.333 --> 16:02.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% They blessed me with their stories of courage and 16:02.800 --> 16:05.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% despair and starting over. 16:06.366 --> 16:08.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% When I first went in the system, 16:08.866 --> 16:12.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% it felt like a nightmare because it was the first 16:13.033 --> 16:16.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% time I was actually away from my kids and as a mom, 16:17.033 --> 16:20.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I just could think it was, it was torture for me. 16:20.466 --> 16:22.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I grew up in foster care from the age of eight all 16:22.966 --> 16:25.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% the way till 17 when I was incarcerated. 16:25.333 --> 16:26.433 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% What happened? 16:26.500 --> 16:30.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I was charged with robbery with a serious bodily injury 16:30.400 --> 16:31.566 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% at the age of 17. 16:31.633 --> 16:34.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I fought so hard to try to get it transferred to juvenile. 16:34.900 --> 16:37.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% But what stopped me is they asked, 16:37.933 --> 16:39.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% they actually reached out to the foster care, 16:39.733 --> 16:42.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% cause I was still to consider a foster child and 16:42.066 --> 16:44.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% they said, hey, listen, we're willing to turn her 16:44.800 --> 16:47.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% over to y'all and release her if you are able to, 16:47.533 --> 16:50.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% you know, take responsibility for her like 16:50.800 --> 16:53.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% you know, and they were like, nope, you can keep her. 16:53.100 --> 16:54.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I can only tell you my story. 16:54.833 --> 16:55.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% And what's your story? 16:56.200 --> 16:59.766 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% My story is I've been abused, 16:59.833 --> 17:07.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I've been raped, I've been and I've been the whole lot, 17:07.600 --> 17:09.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I've been the whole lot of trauma but the thing is, 17:09.133 --> 17:10.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% I'm still here. You know what I mean? 17:10.866 --> 17:12.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I have many little skills or talents like I've 17:12.933 --> 17:18.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I figured it out. I did hair, I did eyebrows. 17:19.133 --> 17:21.833 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% I I steal, I stole food from, 17:21.900 --> 17:23.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% from prison, I worked in their kitchen. 17:23.766 --> 17:26.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% You know, in there that's another way to get money. 17:26.133 --> 17:29.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I think the prison system is just horrible, 17:29.266 --> 17:30.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and especially for women. 17:30.900 --> 17:32.566 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% And how's it different for women? 17:32.633 --> 17:42.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% It's different for women because we really don't have a voice. 17:42.400 --> 17:46.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Men have more of a stronger voice to get things done. 17:46.133 --> 17:48.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Women, we don't have a voice. 17:48.200 --> 17:51.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I would like to say that we, us as women, 17:52.033 --> 17:53.666 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% we need more unity. 17:53.733 --> 17:55.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Denise, you are incarcerated. 17:55.800 --> 17:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% You're coming home soon, what's going through your mind? 17:59.066 --> 18:03.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Anxiety and I say anxiety for me it was bad because 18:03.500 --> 18:06.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% that means okay now I'm back to business, 18:06.600 --> 18:08.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% back to responsibilities, how I'm going to get money. 18:08.966 --> 18:12.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I know parole got a list of things for me to do, 18:12.366 --> 18:14.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% how I'm going to do it? 18:14.300 --> 18:15.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% And what was it like when you finally showed up? 18:15.966 --> 18:18.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Like I said, it was, I'm heartfelt man, 18:18.633 --> 18:23.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% you know, like to see this atmosphere of just a house, 18:23.366 --> 18:26.500 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% a very nice, elegant lady she was, 18:26.566 --> 18:28.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% Tonie was very beautiful to me. 18:28.333 --> 18:30.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Since coming here, I learned to live alone and be alone 18:30.833 --> 18:33.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and not be peeking out the door or the window 18:33.833 --> 18:35.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and just not worry. I was just content. 18:35.866 --> 18:38.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Without Ardella's house, I wouldn't have became 18:38.300 --> 18:40.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% somewhat stable to where I'm at today, 18:40.933 --> 18:43.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and stability is such an important part 18:43.300 --> 18:44.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% of my life right now. 18:44.400 --> 18:48.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Nikida, what was it like having a mom who was away 18:48.666 --> 18:50.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% a lot of the time that you were growing up? 18:52.066 --> 18:56.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% It was hard because a lot of times she wasn't like, 18:56.333 --> 19:00.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% wouldn't be there for like important events in my life. 19:00.933 --> 19:04.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But you were able to stay in touch with your mom? 19:04.200 --> 19:06.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Yes, because she still called home every day and 19:06.766 --> 19:08.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% she still would say things like did you do your homework? 19:08.666 --> 19:10.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% And like, that would make me feel good, 19:10.300 --> 19:12.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% cause like she still was checking on me, 19:12.100 --> 19:15.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% ask me how my day was, and then she would tell me about 19:15.200 --> 19:17.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% different songs that she learned, 19:17.933 --> 19:19.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% gospel songs, she would recite ... 19:19.966 --> 19:21.366 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% You remember one of the songs. 19:21.433 --> 19:23.466 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% It was one I remember ... 19:23.533 --> 19:24.300 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:22.5% [singing] 19:24.366 --> 19:25.400 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20% I said I wasn't going to tell nobody, 19:25.466 --> 19:27.900 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% but I can't keep it to myself. 19:27.966 --> 19:30.000 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% Oh, I can't keep it to myself, 19:30.066 --> 19:32.500 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% but the Lord has done for me. 19:32.566 --> 19:34.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% She would go dum du dum. 19:34.533 --> 19:37.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% And what was it like when you were released? 19:37.533 --> 19:40.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I got arrested as a child, so I didn't know how to do 19:40.533 --> 19:43.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% certain things and I didn't have to worry about as much 19:43.700 --> 19:45.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% as I had to worry about as an adult, so there were times ... 19:46.000 --> 19:47.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% What did you know how to do? 19:47.533 --> 19:50.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Really, I just learned, knew how to party and just run 19:50.933 --> 19:53.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% away from home and still have somebody to bounce back 19:54.033 --> 19:56.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% on like an adult to take care of me. 19:56.100 --> 19:57.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% And what was it like being here? 19:59.300 --> 20:01.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Challenging, you know, because I'm still, 20:01.700 --> 20:03.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I'm still young. I wanted to do this. 20:03.166 --> 20:05.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I'm not going to lie, I think it was like my first 20:05.633 --> 20:07.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% night I actually try to sneak out the house. 20:07.600 --> 20:08.400 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% Really? 20:08.466 --> 20:09.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I didn't know that they were cameras. 20:09.666 --> 20:11.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% You write poetry. Yes. 20:11.266 --> 20:13.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% You perform poetry. Yes. 20:13.100 --> 20:15.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Can you give us a quick poem? 20:15.700 --> 20:18.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So this poem is titled Growing Up. 20:19.866 --> 20:22.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Ever think about past relations or past 20:23.033 --> 20:25.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% communications, or past justifications that 20:25.933 --> 20:28.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% constantly have you meditating on them 20:28.166 --> 20:31.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% unforgettable wasted past date emotions of the mind. 20:31.066 --> 20:33.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% I feel like, I have a good support system between my 20:33.166 --> 20:35.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% grandma, who I stay now with, 20:35.400 --> 20:38.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and Ms. Tonie, and everybody I feel like I have, 20:38.300 --> 20:39.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% you know, that's the system. 20:39.966 --> 20:42.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So if I ever be like, hey, I need help, 20:42.133 --> 20:43.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I don't know what I'm doing or you know, 20:43.833 --> 20:46.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% whatever they would be there for in a heartbeat for me. 20:46.433 --> 20:48.733 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% And I'm very appreciative of that. 20:49.266 --> 20:50.600 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% I I love Ms. Tonie. 20:50.666 --> 20:53.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I to me, she's like my fairy godmother, 20:53.566 --> 20:56.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% like she's my one support system out here, like I ... 20:57.033 --> 20:58.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% But I want to ask you along those lines, 20:58.300 --> 21:01.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I want to ask you about what does this mean. 21:01.900 --> 21:02.766 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% This. 21:02.833 --> 21:06.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% I gave that to Ms. Tonie on Mother's Day, 21:06.566 --> 21:09.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and I remember telling her, Ms. Tonie, you got kids. 21:09.600 --> 21:11.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% She said no, she don't have no kids. 21:11.933 --> 21:13.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% And I was like, well, consider me a kid, 21:13.866 --> 21:15.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% consider me, you know, an adopted kid, 21:15.666 --> 21:19.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% because I see how much you've done for me and I and 21:19.400 --> 21:22.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% how much she's done for so many women that I know that 21:22.833 --> 21:24.666 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% she has such a special place in my heart. 21:24.733 --> 21:26.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% What's, what's your, what kind of work do you do? 21:26.633 --> 21:28.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% I am a participant advocate. 21:28.833 --> 21:33.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% I work with homeless women and I actually have a desk job. 21:33.400 --> 21:36.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% You know, I serve the meals and I just interact with the women. 21:36.800 --> 21:39.866 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I help them with resources, I help them out in any way I can. 21:39.933 --> 21:41.566 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:25% I share my story, my experience, 21:41.633 --> 21:45.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% strength and hope with them and I love it. 21:45.266 --> 21:46.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% I think this that's like my purpose. 21:46.633 --> 21:49.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% It's not just a job where I'm employed at I'm able to 21:49.966 --> 21:52.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% touch lives and I look forward to going to work. 21:52.900 --> 21:54.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% So when you see your mom now, 21:54.900 --> 21:55.933 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% what do you think? 21:56.000 --> 21:59.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I think that she earned to be where she at now, 21:59.733 --> 22:01.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% but she going to get further. 22:04.400 --> 22:06.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% When you hear your son say that what do you think? 22:06.300 --> 22:10.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% It feels good and I know he's right. 22:10.166 --> 22:14.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Both of you are strong women who get things done, 22:14.133 --> 22:17.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% so it wasn't enough to impact the lives of the 22:17.200 --> 22:21.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% hundreds of women you each have impacted but you have 22:21.166 --> 22:22.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% to make it a network. 22:22.866 --> 22:25.166 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% Tell us about that SAFE network. 22:25.233 --> 22:26.333 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% What's SAFE? 22:26.400 --> 22:32.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% SAFE is Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom and Equality. 22:32.800 --> 22:39.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And it's a network of women around the world who are 22:39.133 --> 22:43.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% ushering women back from incarceration into the 22:44.000 --> 22:47.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% community safely and effectively. 22:47.733 --> 22:52.133 align:start position:42.5% line:79.33% size:15% It's a sisterhood of leaders, 22:52.200 --> 22:56.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% change makers, formerly incarcerated women, 22:58.666 --> 23:07.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% who I I see that just needed an investment and a hand up 23:07.200 --> 23:09.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% and their lives took off. 23:09.600 --> 23:14.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% So we are, you can call us freedom fighters, 23:14.433 --> 23:15.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% we are freedom fighters. 23:16.633 --> 23:19.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% So this takes a whole bunch of different skills. 23:19.966 --> 23:23.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Fundraising, people managing, grant writing. 23:23.700 --> 23:26.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Where did you learn this? From Ms. Burton. 23:27.233 --> 23:29.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Ms. Burton, where did you learn this? 23:29.300 --> 23:36.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I've I started A New Way Of Life in 1998 and I've picked 23:36.300 --> 23:40.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% up a lot of skills in that time and you know, 23:40.633 --> 23:42.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% I'm always just a phone call away. 23:42.833 --> 23:46.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And you know, I can talk people off of ledges and 23:46.900 --> 23:52.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% through anger and help them develop grants and come in 23:52.300 --> 23:55.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and talk to their legislature and do different 23:55.433 --> 23:59.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:35% things because it's important. 23:59.866 --> 24:01.433 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% What we're developing here, Paul, 24:02.466 --> 24:06.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% is a movement a freedom movement. 24:07.000 --> 24:09.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I wonder what Harriet would be saying right now. 24:10.000 --> 24:11.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman. 24:11.700 --> 24:14.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I wonder what Harriet Tubman would be saying right now. 24:14.533 --> 24:18.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I think she'd be saying Susan Burton, well done. 24:19.166 --> 24:20.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% I think so also. 24:21.500 --> 24:25.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% When the cell door closes behind you for what you hope 24:25.733 --> 24:28.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and pray will be the last time, 24:28.266 --> 24:33.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% the next door you walk through can make all the difference. 24:33.366 --> 24:37.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% A place like Ardella's house and the compassionate work 24:37.566 --> 24:41.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% of advocates like Susan Burton and Tonie Willis can 24:41.800 --> 24:44.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% open a whole different door. 24:44.400 --> 24:49.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% A door to safety, security, stability, 24:49.200 --> 24:51.666 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and most of all, hope. 24:51.733 --> 24:56.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It's up to all of us to hold those doors open. 24:56.700 --> 25:06.700 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% [music] 25:35.600 --> 25:39.066 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% Returning Citizens is made possible by 25:39.133 --> 25:49.100 align:start position:40% line:10% size:17.5% [music] 25:54.066 --> 26:04.033 align:start position:40% line:10% size:17.5% [music] 26:09.833 --> 26:14.566 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% The United Way, fostering the success of those who as 26:14.633 --> 26:17.133 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% they return to our neighborhoods remain a 26:17.200 --> 26:19.666 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% largely untapped resource. 26:19.733 --> 26:24.100 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% The formerly incarcerated Waterman Two Fund of the 26:24.166 --> 26:26.933 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Philadelphia Foundation at the recommendation 26:27.000 --> 26:28.300 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:35% of David Haas. 26:28.366 --> 26:30.900 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% The Independence Foundation.