#103 Hope From Behind Bars

THE PROBLEMEven though someone has served their time, a second sentence begins as soon as they’re released. It creates a revolving door to prison and a legacy of poverty, dependency, violence, and incarceration that is passed down through generations.THE SOLUTIONDefy’s entrepreneurial programs enable one of America’s largest forgotten communities to defy the odds. We equip them with new skills, new connections, and a new belief to match their new purpose, and succeed in their new life of economic independence.Andrew GlazierPresident & CEOExperience: Defy National Chief Program Officer for the national organization, Executive Director of Defy Southern California Chapter, Senior Managing Director at City Year Los Angeles, Pomona College (Bachelor’s in International Relations), UCLA Anderson School of Management (MBA).Expertise: Program excellence, organizational management, scaling.Believes: That everyone deserves a fair chance.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/uafm)