CSI Alumni and Partners Speak

This is a 1-hr presentation by a person from the CSI Program or other program in CSI/Dennis Gaddy’s network, followed by 1-hr presentation by Step-Up Ministry.

Class Contents

  • Welcome and Introduction of Speaker
    • CSI Exec. Dir. Dennis Gaddy shares brief version of his own Re-entry Success Story, and circumstances of founding CSI
  • Dennis Describes CSI Areas of Support
    • Direct Services: Housing, Jobs, Education
    • Advocacy: Employment, e.g., “Ban the Box,” and Legislative, e.g., “Unlock the Vote”
  • Speaker Presents
    • Recent and Notable Themes Presented by Speakers:
      • Turn Setbacks into Comebacks, Kings & Queens of Comeback
      • Devastation to Destiny
      • “Birth the Baby,” and “Keep Pushing”
      • CSI Resources referred to by Client as “A Pot-Full O’ Help”
      • Avoid doing Life Sentence on Installment Plan
      • Value of Parents and Being a Parent
      • Sometimes Your Personal Circle Must be Small
      • SWIT: Success While In Transitio
      • Aging out of “Criminality”
      • Putting Prisons Out of Business
    • Step-Up Ministry Presentation – Dennis Jarmon
      • Resources for Job Hunters
      • Resources for Life Skills
      • Youth Program