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Why Hiring Persevere Graduates Just Makes Sense
When companies talk about “innovation,” they often focus on technology, systems, and strategy. But the real innovation happens when we rethink who gets the opportunity to contribute. At Persevere, we believe talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Our graduates come from diverse backgrounds, including those who have faced incarceration, poverty, or systemic barriers to…
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Why Employers Should Invest in Persevere: The Power of Corporate Sponsorship
In today’s workforce, companies often talk about innovation, inclusion, and social responsibility, but few opportunities allow you to invest in all three at once. Partnering with Persevere does. Persevere is more than a nonprofit. It is a movement transforming the way our country approaches workforce development by teaching in-demand technology skills and providing wraparound support…
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How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
How would you like to be remembered by the worst thing you have ever done? That question hit me hard today. In our work at Persevere, we see individuals every day who are remembered and judged by their lowest moments: an arrest record, a conviction, a mistake that may have lasted only seconds but shaped…
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When Resources Shrink but Needs Grow: How Persevere is Navigating the Current Crisis
The nonprofit world is facing one of its toughest seasons yet. Across the country, organizations are being stretched thin as the need for services grows while resources become harder to secure. At Persevere, we see this reality every single day. We work alongside men, women, and youth who are rebuilding their lives after incarceration or…
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What brings a tear of joy to your eye? What brings a tear of joy to my eye? It’s never the big things…it’s the little, quiet moments that sneak up on me. Like when my grandsons giggle so hard their whole bodies shake, or when they yell “Hassy!” and run toward me like I’m their…
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A Blog About Absolutely Nothing
Nothing. That’s it. That’s the blog. But if I stop here, you’ll feel shortchanged, so let’s take a moment to truly explore…nothing. Nothing is the space between words, the pause in a conversation, the gap between one thought and the next. Nothing is the quiet hum of life when everything else gets still. It’s the…
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The Great Purge: Send Snacks and Prayers
It’s 11:00, and I’m staring at my house like it’s a battlefield. Today is supposed to be the day – the day I finally purge everything we haven’t used in the last 3 – 6 months. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. This isn’t just cleaning. This is a mission. A solo mission. And I’m dreading it…
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Why do you blog? Why Do I Blog? I blog because words have always been both my release and my bridge. Writing helps me process the storms I’ve walked through and the lessons I’m still learning. It gives me space to take experiences – good, bad, and everything in between – and make sense of…
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When It’s Time for a Change
Change doesn’t always announce itself with fanfare. Sometimes it comes as a quiet tug at your heart, a heaviness you can’t shake, or the sense that life is moving forward and you’re still stuck in the same place. Other times, it shows up as a storm – forcing you to confront what you’ve been trying…
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Turning 50: A New Chapter Beyond Survival
On August 28th, I turn 50. That number feels big, not because I’m afraid of getting older, but because it carries weight. It’s half a century of surviving, stumbling, rebuilding, and growing. It’s five decades of living through struggles I never imagined I’d face and blessings I never thought I deserved. The Year I Was…
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