Sometimes People Walk in with Assumptions.

His Last Name is Hoeksma

Some People Would Still Treat Him Through the Lens of Racism

Family is What Brings you Back to Yourself.

Reentry Work is Community Work

The Question We Should Be Asking About Reentry

The Incarceration System Didn’t Appear out of Nowhere.

Your Name Carries Weight

Impact Is Built by Showing Up

When Survival Comes Too Early

When Support Feels Like Surveillance

A Single Sentence Can Shape How Young People See the World

Resilience Can Look Different When You’ve Had to Learn it Early.

What is the Turning Point into the Juvenile Justice System

“Children should be seen, not heard.”

After Incarceration Reentry is Not Simple

This is what Diversion Mediation Program Looks Like

The Trespass Project is Rooted in One Belief: Children Deserve to be Heard

With everything Cayden could be doing, he chose this work.

Recidivism doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

Not every influence is a good one.

Legacy isn’t built in big moments. It’s built in what you pour into your children every day.

Coach O’s story is personal.

For 45 years, Coach O has been using basketball as more than just a game.

Growth is a choice.

“I tell boys to fall in love with themselves.” -Coach O

Connection isn’t complicated. It’s intentional.

Three young people.Three lives lost to gun violence.

Sometimes the barrier to support isn’t willingness.It’s safety.

Incarceration rarely stops with one person.

Legal support alone isn’t enough.

Young people pay attention to what they see around them.

Our data increasingly shapes how we are defined.

Young people are still figuring out who they are. But data remembers everything.

Algorithms are increasingly making decisions about people

Young Black boys deserve to hear messages of possibility early.

Can an algorithm predict who will commit a crime?

What if you thought about your data the way you think about your body?

What if the legal system prioritized healing? #whatiknownow #podcast #justicesystem

You can’t data your way out of systemic inequity.

Assumptions can be louder than the truth.

Sometimes the work teaches you as much as it gives.

Education can provide the tools to understand and name trauma

Finding the language to name your experiences can change everything.

When children grow up in poverty, addiction, and instability, the effects are often lifelong.

When we invest in education, we invest in people.

Reentry shouldn’t feel like starting from zero.

What happens to the kid the shelter won’t take?