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David Steward leading $50M campaign to expand Concordance
Non-profit works to reduce reincarceration rates David Steward, chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, is leading St. Louis-based Concordance Academy’s First Chance capital campaign to raise $50 million to scale its model for reducing reincarceration rates nationally and to expand its programs to 11 other cities by 2025. Chicago will be the next city…
Read MoreThis St. Louis–based nonprofit has reduced Missouri’s reincarceration rates by more than 40 percent. Now it’s expanding to other states
Via St. Louis Magazine Next, Danny Ludeman’s Concordance Academy will replicate its first-of-its-kind program in Chicago. When thinking of incarceration in America, Danny Ludeman talks about Monica, a 20-year-old woman who was in the same prison at the same time as her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. “This is not atypical,” the former Wells Fargo CEO says. This story…
Read MoreFirst-of-its-Kind Nonprofit Plans to Take Proven Model to Reduce Reincarceration Rates Nationally
Concordance Academy of Leadership “First Chance” campaign to raise $50 million to expand to 11 new cities to prevent people from going back to prison, cut crime and save governments millions of dollars.
Read MoreThe Fellows
The Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner/Concordance Academy Fellows (the “Fellows”) provide legal services to program participants, spending approximately 50% of their time on these matters on a pro bono basis. The Fellows spend the remainder of their time on associate work at BCLP.
Read MoreMissouri Program Works To Keep Newly Released Prisoners Free From Recidivism
Before being released from prison, Concordance Academy participant, Melvin Hill Jr., was doing everything in his power to secure a sustainable job that would allow him to fulfill his lifelong goals. Read the full story
Read MoreVideo: The Faces of Perseverance
Hear real stories of perseverance from the men and women who are dedicated to changing their lives and the lives of their loved ones for the better with the support of Concordance.
Read MoreConcordance Academy Eases the Post-Prison Transition
Concordance Academy’s main campus, tucked in an office complex in the Maryland Heights borough of St. Louis, looks like your typical local college. Read the full story
Read MoreVideo: Jackies Why
Concordance Board Member Jackie Yoon shares the story of her connection to the vulnerable population served by the Academy in a moving tribute to her father.
Read MoreThe St. Louis American
Concordance Academy raises $1 Million at the fifth annual gala to serve ex-offenders Read the full story
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Big Top Bizarre Gala Raises $1 Million for Concordance Academy of Leadership Read the full story
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