{"id":5655,"date":"2022-02-16T09:39:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2022-02-16T10:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T15:46:17","slug":"dream-corps-justice-partnership-contributes-to-criminal-justice-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/inside-sony-music\/dream-corps-justice-partnership-contributes-to-criminal-justice-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership Between Sony Music Group and Dream Corps JUSTICE Contributes to Significant Milestones in Criminal Justice Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Organization Announces First-Ever Empathy Network Leadership Cohort&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supported by Sony Music Group and Van Jones&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today,&nbsp;<strong>Dream Corps JUSTICE<\/strong>&nbsp;recognized that it received a $500,000 donation from the Sony Music Group Global Social Justice Fund. As a recipient, Dream Corps developed an advocacy training cohort program, spanning 17 states, and was based on teaching organizing tools that Dream Corps JUSTICE&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedreamcorps.org\/our-programs\/justice\/campaigns\/first-step-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used to lead passage of the First Step Act in 2018&nbsp;<\/a>and pass bipartisan criminal justice legislation in states across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the program, twenty formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted individuals were given a six-month training program to develop organizing, legislative, campaign, and media literacy skills. As a result of the advocacy cohort, participants have already become nonprofit leaders, media spokespersons, and leaders of grassroots advocacy campaigns that reimagine justice, create alternatives to mass incarceration and make communities safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional milestones achieved as a result of the Sony Music Group donation include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/inmates-justice-department-home-confinement-covid-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5,000 incarcerated individuals on COVID-19 home confinement<\/a>\u00a0from returning to federal prison<\/li><li>Restoring freedom and reuniting thousands of families impacted by incarceration under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedreamcorps.org\/our-programs\/justice\/campaigns\/first-step-act\/impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Step Act<\/a><\/li><li>Graduating formerly incarcerated individuals through mentorship and computer skills training and secure paid tech industry employment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All of Dream Corps JUSTICE\u2019s campaigns are led by people who have been impacted by the justice system and lived through criminal justice issues. Dream Corps operates on the belief that the people most harmed by our country\u2019s legal system are uniquely qualified to create and champion the solutions that will begin to transform it.&nbsp; Dream Corp is launching a second year of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedreamcorps.org\/update\/empathy-network-advocacy-cohort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Empathy Network Advocacy Cohort<\/a>.&nbsp; Applications for 2022 open in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s graduation (February 16, 2022) of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedreamcorps.org\/update\/empathy-network-advocacy-cohort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Empathy Network Advocacy Cohort<\/a>&nbsp;graduation will take place on Zoom at 7:00pm ET. Participants will be celebrated by friends and family members, along with Dream Corps founder Van Jones and leadership from Dream Corps and Sony Music Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Van Jones, founder of Dream Corps, said:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cAmerica\u2019s criminal justice costs too much, hurts too many, and doesn\u2019t do enough to keep us safe. Fixing it is a mammoth task. To do it, we\u2019ll need darers, dreamers, and doers. Sony Music Group dared to invest in formerly incarcerated people, Dream Corps dreamed of putting them at the center of solutions-based work, and today\u2019s graduates stepped up to do the&nbsp;<strong>task<\/strong>. Now, thanks to this collaboration, they have the skills to equal their insight and are poised to help transform criminal justice in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt Sony Music Group, we are committed to supporting efforts that drive social and racial justice initiatives around the world and are honored to partner with Van and Dream Corp JUSTICE to bring such an impactful and results-driven program to local communities,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Towalame Austin, Executive Vice President of Philanthropy and Social Impact, Sony Music Group.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThe program not only aligns with our criminal justice reform pillar from our<a href=\"https:\/\/giving-back.sonymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Global Social Justice Fund<\/a>, but also allows us to connect with individuals who have turned their personal hardships into transformative and empowering opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit resident&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/detroit-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-double-murder-to-be-released-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kenneth Nixon<\/a>, a cohort member and President of the Organization of Exonerees, was recently exonerated after spending almost 16 years in prison for a crime that he did not commit.&nbsp;&#8220;I&#8217;m fresh out of a prison cell. I didn&#8217;t know anything about forming a nonprofit, sending out mass emails, or being able to collect data on your supporters. But learning it allowed me to take my organization to the next level,&#8221; he said. Just last month, Nixon formed a nonprofit organization to help other wrongly imprisoned people find freedom. &#8220;I would personally like to say thank you, Sony Music Group. The Organization of Exonerees wouldn&#8217;t be what it is without the training provided by this cohort.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organization Announces First-Ever Empathy Network Leadership Cohort&nbsp; Supported by Sony Music Group and Van Jones&nbsp; Today,&nbsp;Dream Corps JUSTICE&nbsp;recognized that it received a $500,000 donation from the Sony Music Group Global Social Justice Fund. 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