Jerry Blassingame

Husband, father, intercessor, worshipper, community activist, advocate for those who have been incarcerated, a friend, pastor

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A8: We need to embrace those with criminal backgrounds every day by employing them, by providing equal opportunity for housing, and by getting to know those who have been incarcerated on a more personal level.

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A7: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul, your mind, your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself.
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A6: Financial Literacy is probably one of the most important tools that people need as they try to rebuild their lives. Upward Economic Mobility is the key to helping those with a criminal background become successful.
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A5: Things like Expunging Records and Clean Slate are policy changes that help advance second chances in America.
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A4: People with a criminal record when given a second chance are the most productive in our community. We are resilient people who do not give up and are contributing members of society who become home owners and entrepreneurs.
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A3: I have over 5,000 stories from the last 20 years of men and women who have successfully completed our program - mothers, fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and sisters who are living successful lives after prison.
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A2: We are all human beings who have made mistakes - every one of us deserves a second chance. "Seek Justice. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly with God."
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A1: I am Jerry Blassingame, Founder and CEO of Soteria Community Development Corporation - from Greenville, SC.
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Join me and others on April 28 at 1 PM (ET) for a #Twitterchat about celebrating #secondchances. Follow @JusticeReform and #SecondChanceMonth to participate!

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@tonythearena @fjstaub Thank you! Sorry I missed you all today! We are very excited about building your table.

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@esaumccaulley This book could revolutionize the Church. All I can say is wow!

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@LATBermudez Thank you my friend! Hope you are well.

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@LATBermudez Hello my friend! Congrats on the fabulous article today.

[Melissa Albergotti @MelAlbergotti]

Drum roll 🥁🥁🥁 Introducing @soteriacdc as our inaugural @BankofAmerica Neighborhood Champion. Their work to create opportunities for reentry through transitional housing, life skills, and job training is critical to our community and we’re proud to support them. #UpstateSC

[Nena Staley @staley_nena]

@SCDCNews @FurmanU @rileyinstitute @BryanStirling Great seeing @jblassingame in the room! Our work together has been nothing less than phenomenal! Soteria providing community excellence to Returning Citizens! Thanks

[Dan Porterfield @DanPorterfield]

“We can send two students to college for what it costs to incarcerate a person. I would much rather pay now than pay later. I want a return on my investment.”
@jblassingame #AspenIdeasHeaIth

[David Rosenthal MD @davidrosenthal]

“I was sentenced to 20 yrs in prison for selling drugs because I didn’t know financial literacy” @jblassingame BIG IDEA “what if every inner city youth was required to take financial literacy course” - #collegeeducationcheaperthanincarceration #aspenideashealth

[Lucy Marcil, MD @DrLucyMarcil]

Great panel @DevitaDavison, @jblassingame & @davechokshi. Take away: if we want to make progress on #SDOH, we must move to a #SocialJustice & #racialequity framework. “Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution but furthest from the resources.” -Glenn Martin

[Aspen Global Innovators Group @aspeninnovators]

“We need to take the conversation from social determinants to social justice” - @davechokshi on how to make an impact on the social determinants of health with @jblassingame & @DevitaDavison #AspenIdeasHealth