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FBI Director Christopher Wray presented the Director’s Community Leadership Awards at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Concordance participants attended the Partnership for Success Career Fair at Chaifetz Arena, where 80 local employers and organizations offered stable job opportunities to former offenders.   Read the full story

In recognition of outstanding service to the local community and the enduring contributions to the advancement of justice, FBI St. Louis Special Agent in Charge Richard Quinn surprised Danny Ludeman with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award during Concordance Academy board meeting.

Kaitlyn Parker has been named the second participant in the Bryan Cave-Concordance Academy Legal Fellowship to help former inmates reintegrate into society. Read the full story

Paul Harris and Jeff Smith discuss the work that is being done at Concordance Academy. Smith shares his unique perspective as a formerly incarcerated person, and policies that cripple the ability for ex-cons to become productive members of society. Listen to the interview

Kaitlyn Parker is the second Bryan Cave associate to participate as a Bryan Cave-Concordance Legal Fellow providing legal services to formerly incarcerated individuals.

Concordance is officially launching its Employment Agency with an employer symposium for regional HR leaders and hiring managers. Full-service agency is part of innovative effort to reduce crime through increased employment for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Halloween-themed event shines a light on the impact of reincarceration.

Concordance Academy of Leadership launches employment agency aimed at connecting St. Louis-area employers with ex-offenders ready for a new start. Read the full story

See photographs from the Academy’s 3rd Annual Gala. View images