I Watch the First Good Trouble Panel DENVER (Sept. 22, 2020) — Defy Colorado, an independent nonprofit organization helping individuals with criminal histories create legal business ventures, today launched its “Good Trouble” virtual series to shine a spotlight on the...
Defy Colorado strives to support our EITs upon release by helping them reach their own goals. Every EIT’s number one goal? Find a job! Our EITs report that obtaining employment is the first building block on their journey to personal achievement as it is...
Picture this, it’s September 13th, 2014, a crowd fills Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall as Kira Kazantsev is named Miss America. All of the contestants rush to the front of the stage to congratulate her. Among them is Brittany Lewis, Miss Delaware, and Stacey Cook, Miss...
i Read the Entire Article in CSU’s The Difference Magazine On November 13th, 2019 Griffin Moores, a Web Content Coordinator from Colorado State University, drove to Pueblo, Colorado, and walked inside a prison for the first time with Defy Colorado. Colorado...
Background I was released in December of 2019 after spending nearly 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Through most of my incarceration, I was assigned to a Colorado Correctional Industries (CCI) work crew at Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility....
At Defy Colorado we are grateful that the conversation about racial injustice has shifted to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness. It is long overdue and the delay has been devastating to our country and its Black and Brown citizens. Our hope is that this...
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