It s a community that I feel connected to, Lecrae said in 2019. These are people that need love and need encouragement, that the world kind of forgets about. God still loves them, so do I.
Lecrae has had his own run-ins with the law and has talked openly about his wild teenage years growing up in Houston, Texas. My uncles were young and wrapped up in the streets, gangs and drugs and just promiscuous, he told CBN in a previous interview. I idolized it. I wanted to be the gang member. I wanted every tattoo that (my uncle) had. I saw my first gun and all these different things. I was like, This must be what it means to be a man.
Lecrae performing at a Prison Fellowship Hope Event at a prison facility outside Columbia, South Carolina, 2021 | Prison Fellowship
The world’s largest evangelical prison ministry, Prison Fellowship, has teamed up with popular artists in Christian music, including Grammy Award-winning rapper Lecrae, in its annual effort to highlight the month of April as “Second Chance Month.”
Prison Fellowship, an organization that has offered hope, restoration and healing for prisoners, their families, and victims for more than 40 years, seeks to bring light to the restrictions and stigmas associated with incarceration as many ex-prisoners are doing their best to turn their lives around.
Priest: Who doesn’t need a second chance? By: Jim Priest Guest Columnist April 16, 2021
Jim Priest
Do you remember that time you really messed up? You thought you’d blown it forever and there would be no second chance. But, to your amazement and relief, someone gave you a second chance. A do-over. A life mulligan.
I’ve known a lot of people who needed a second chance. I’ve needed my own, and as referenced in a recent presidential proclamation, we have a lot of company.
More than 600,000 individuals return to communities from prisons every year, and transitioning back can be overwhelming. Too many face unfair legal and practical barriers to reentry. Every person leaving incarceration should have housing, the opportunity to get a decent job, and health care. A person’s conviction history should not unfairly exclude them from employment, occupational licenses, access to credit, public benefits, or the right to vote.
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PenFed Credit Union president and CEO James Schenck and The Honorable Rodney E. Hood,
Bungee Obleceni headquarters in Philadelphia to meet with founder and lead designer Darrell Alston. The purpose of the meeting was to recognize and discuss the ongoing challenges that convicted felons face in finding careers after finishing their sentences.
The White House named April Second Chance Month to raise awareness about the need for opportunities for convicted felons who wish to safely reintegrate into society. According to the proclamation,
600,000 individuals leave prison and re-enter their communities every year. PenFed, the nation s second-largest federal credit union, and NCUA, the independent federal agency created by the U.S. Congress to regulate, charter and supervise federal credit unions, aim to carry out the credit union mission of people helping people.