This article is part of Shared Justice’s Second Chance Month series running throughout April and May. This series will explore barriers that returning citizens face upon release from prison, highlight the ways in which government and civil society institutions can respond, and invite our readers to participate in efforts to ensure that returning citizens have the ability to flourish upon reentering society. CB: What led you to your work with Amachi Pittsburgh? Why is it important to you? AH: I always say that Amachi Pittsburgh found me. About 15 years ago, I became a founding member of the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency […]

Grace Capital City Church pastor Jessica Moerman and Operations and Justice Director Hannah Martha Cohen Banks join Emily Fromke to talk about their Creation Care Ministry and how the Church can encourage Christians to care about God’s Creation.

This article is part of Shared Justice’s Second Chance Month series running throughout April and May. This series will explore barriers that returning citizens face upon release from prison, highlight the ways in which government and civil society institutions can respond, and invite our readers to participate in efforts to ensure that returning citizens have the ability to flourish upon reentering society. After spending half of his life behind bars, Bryan Kelley pleaded with his judge to extend his sentence, consciously asking to remain in prison for another year. The Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP), a Texas-based initiative in partnership with Baylor […]

This article is part of Shared Justice’s Second Chance Month series running throughout April and May. This series will explore barriers that returning citizens face upon release from prison, highlight the ways in which government and civil society institutions can respond, and invite our readers to participate in efforts to ensure that returning citizens have the ability to flourish upon reentering society. In a span of three months, the Supreme Court was confronted with two cases of religious freedom on death row – and made almost opposite decisions. Exactly what this means for the current state of First Amendment protections is […]

For decades, the reigning opinion on religion and business in America has been to keep them strictly separate. In recent years, however, a number of the country’s most successful companies have challenged this mentality. Seeing the benefit of a spiritually accommodated workforce, they are intentionally cultivating connections with religion and welcoming a diversity of faiths into the workplace. At the Religious Freedom Center’s (RFC’s) “Business Success in a Religiously Diverse World” event, held on Feb. 13, a panel of experts from these unorthodox innovators came together with Brian Grim, the acclaimed religion and society scholar, to discuss the issue. Their insights highlighted […]