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Population Focus Learning Series - Reentry Realities: Empowering Reentry Journeys |
Coffee, water, and cookies will be provided. |
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First Christian Church
6900 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44721
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Jun 18, 2024 10:00am ET - Jun 18, 2024 12:30pm ET Add to Google · Outlook · Yahoo |
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| Who Should Attend: Open
Description: This training is designed to provide awareness to combat the stigma, misinformation, and isolation or "othering" of justice-impacted people and families. Stigma, biases, and misinformation leads to the segregation and ostracizing of justice-involved people, leading to cultural narratives that create more barriers. Participants will get a general overview on the importance community support plays in helping justice-involved people and the impact of reentry locally. Justice-involved people are not somewhere "over there" but are the people like you and me who live in our communities, work in our communities, shop in our communities, and so on. How we engage and even talk about justice-involved people, MATTERS! Lastly, each person will walk out of this training with tangible, practical ways to advocate for justice-involved people and their families. This fosters change on all levels, from our neighborhoods to the systems, processes, and policies. These factors make reentry a challenging thing for both those navigating the journey themselves and for those who want to help, but don't know how. These learning outcomes will ultimately strengthen community support and hopefully begin the much needed change we need to see in Stark County around reentry and how we support those who are justice-involved.
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Continuing Education Units: Not Applicable |
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Stanley Frankart has been justice-impacted since he was 10 years old. After serving 10 years in prison from 16 until 26, his life mission became to restore, renew, and provide hope to the same communities he once polluted. Stanley considers his role as a husband and father his greatest contribution and biggest blessing in this life and to this work. Understanding that people who are justice-involved have families, own homes, have businesses, and contribute to society just as the rest of society does, Stanley advocates in a real and personal way. Stanley serves as the Reentry Housing Programs Supervisor for the Licking County Coalition for Housing helping to raise awareness for those returning home from prison homeless and working collaboratively with community partners to meet people's needs as they transition home from prison. Stanley also serves as a statewide advocate through Young Christian Professionals for permanent supportive housing and peer support, working extensively to ensure people have access to the necessary resources, in order for all people whether coming home from prison or in the community, to live self-directed and successful lives, all from a Christ-centered and Biblio-centric perspective. Stanley has served in many capacities and now works nationally to advocate, impact change, and effect policies and funding for reentry initiatives and working towards equity for those who are justice-involved across the country, using his lived experience as expertise in this field. |
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Delaney Green, MSW, LISW-S, LICDC
Delaney Green is a licensed independent Social Worker(LISW-S) and Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor (LICDC). Delaney received her bachelor’s degree in social work and criminal justice from Ashland University and her masters degree in social work from The University of Akron. Delaney is the Forensic Coordinator at the Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery board, taking on roles of Forensic Monitoring and CIT Co-Coordinator for Stark County. Previous employment includes being a social worker in a county jail and a community linkage coordinator helping individuals being released from prison get reacclimated in the community. These positions allowed Delaney to work closely with the criminal justice system and with individuals who suffer with behavioral health. Delaney has been in the behavioral health field for 7 years. |
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Chaplain Kimberly Dove, Religious Services & Volunteer Coordinator - Indian River Juvenile Facility
Chaplain Kimberly Dove has been in corrections for several years. She is currently the Chaplain and Volunteer Coordinator over faith and non-faith-based programming. She serves at Indian River Correctional Facility in Massillon, Ohio. Kimberly is passionate about returning juvenile citizens and strongly believes it is our responsibility to wrap services, support, and care around them for them to succeed and not fail. Her favorite quote is, “I cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create my ripples.” – Mother Teresa. |
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Shauntae Metcalf, Director of Reentry - Choosing to Change Solutions
Shauntae Metcalf currently serves as the Director of Reentry for Choosing to Change Solutions (C2C) where she leads their weekly Peer Support Groups for those Justice-Involved. She currently resides in Canton, Ohio. As the Director of Reentry, she is also the property manager for their Sober Living Homes and leads in their community engagement as she administers the case management for incoming participants. In her time representing C2C she is now the Reentry Specialist and Chair of Stark County Reentry Coalition where she continues to advocate for those re-entering society. She has been appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Reentry Task Force Team. Upon returning home from incarceration herself, Shauntae became an entrepreneur of her own cleaning services company (Chaos to Clean), she worked with South Street Ministries in Akron, Ohio, and also worked with Young Christian Professionals here in Canton, Ohio, which led to her starting on her own non-profit “Choosing to Change” At South Street she formed a very impactful space for young women coming home from prison which led to over one hundred members on their online page for encouragement and support. If you know Shauntae, she values everyone being able to walk in their purpose and often quotes, “I don’t just love the surface of who you are, I love the soul of who you are.” As a community advocate with lived experience Shauntae exemplifies living into her destiny. |
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Joshua Hinkel, Staff Attorney - Community Legal Aid
Since becoming licensed in 2019, Josh has practiced law at Community Legal Aid in the Canton office. Over the last 5 years, Josh has specialized in reentry matters as well as practicing landlord tenant law, family law, and consumer law. |
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