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Cycles of Redemption
by Andre Thomas
Raymond Brooks reached out to me from a Half-way house in Trenton seeking an opportunity to get back on track. He was incarcerated for marijuana, now legal, but being incarcerated can set your life back in so many ways and getting back on track isn’t easy. I am very familiar with that struggle because I was formally incarcerated and was faced with the challenge of getting back on my feet. I was fortunate to have a support system and I was determined to never put myself in that position again. Since then, I have been committed to helping others facing similar challenges. I’m very fortunate to work for an organization like Isles that took a chance on me 21 years ago, and am committed to using my platform to help folks looking for an opportunity. I made a promise to myself that when duty calls to help those less-fortunate I would answer that call.
When Raymond reached out to me, I knew my assignment was to connect him to the resources that Isles had available.
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