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Free Food Harlem presents Dr. Topeka Sam

Join us as we host nationally renowned criminal justice reform advocate Dr. Topeka K. Sam for a talk on her decade experience changing the criminal justice system. Dr. Sam will share the how and why she set up housing and services for women coming out of the prison and changed federal laws to support incarcerated women, what she saw in prison that motivated her to get started, and the vision of what she wants to see next.

Chapters

00:00
Introduction
02:11
Free Food Benefits
06:47
Unconditional Freedom Concept
12:41
Dr. Topeka Sam & Ira Silverberg Discussion
13:44
Identifying Life's Missing Elements
20:09
Strategies for Rapid Success
24:09
Updates from Edgcom
27:46
Importance of Digital Skills Training
29:38
Launching a Bank for Justice-Impacted Individuals
31:33
Future Plans for Topeka Sam and Uncommn
34:53
Q&A Session

About the Instructor

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Dr. Topeka K. Sam
Since 2015, following a release from federal prison, Topeka created The Ladies of Hope Ministries, an award winning non-profit which works to end the poverty crisis and the incarceration of women and girls. She’s worked on multiple pieces of state and federal legislation aimed specifically at the rights of women in prison, including prohibiting the long standing practice of maintaining handcuff restraints on women in labor while incarcerated. In addition to her nonprofit work, she’s a co-founder of FRSH, a retail bank aimed at providing banking services to those caught in the criminal Justice system often discriminated against by national banks.