CEOGC News: No Turning Back Program Celebrates Participants
Posted: Thu, Apr 30, 2009
On Wednesday, April 29th CEOGC's "No Turning Back" program for ex-offenders celebrated the successes of its 2009 class at a luncheon at the First Presbyterian Church of East Cleveland.
The nine members of the class of ex-offenders heard from a former member of the program who has gone on to a successful job at the City of East Cleveland and from Steven Marks, who also served significant prison time, who now works as a Reclamation Outreach Advocate for the Community Re-Entry program.
The six week "No Turning Back" program provides a series of workshops and sessions designed to help ex-offenders integrate back into society, find employment and build successful lives outside of the criminal culture.
CEOGC would like to acknowledge the following contributors and mentors who helped support the program and its participants for 2009.
Taijae Burns, US Bank
Dawn Dubois, CMSD
Mikki D. Hardwick-Lett, Cuyahoga Community College
Michael Lavrenchik, Cuyahoga Community College
Janet Minor, The Ohio State University Extension
Eric D. Payne, E.D.P. Landscaping Services
Monique Witherspoon, Cleveland Dept. of Public Health
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Darrell Williams, Ultimate Auto Care Technical Institute
Earl Darby, Uncle Earl's Snow Remover