by Yung Tang | Feb 23, 2022 | Recent Trainings/Certifications
In February 2022 we’ve had the great pleasure of training two new Roots of Success instructors — Program Director Christopher Hartsfield and Garden Educator Anthony Chaney — both of whom work with the Concrete Safaris program in New York City. Concrete...
by Yung Tang | Jan 28, 2022 | Recent Trainings/Certifications
This month we had the opportunity to train 3 new Roots of Success instructors who will be offering the program in the Unity Council, a longstanding anchor institution based in Oakland, California. Marcela Trujano Torres, Gabriela Pingarron, and Jose Suarez will be...
by Yung Tang | Jan 27, 2022 | Recent Trainings/Certifications
This month we had the opportunity to train 3 new Roots of Success instructors who will be teaching Roots of Success in the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA). Gigi Blanchard, Isabel Geddes, and Nakita Vanstory will be teaching Roots of Success to youth...
by Yung Tang | Jan 19, 2022 | Recent Trainings/Certifications
This month we had the opportunity to train 3 new Roots of Success instructors who will be teaching the Roots of Success course at New Roots High School in Ithaca, New York. Tina Nilson-Hodges, Aaron Snow, and Lisa Marshall will be teaching the course to 10th, 11th and...
by Yung Tang | Nov 24, 2021 | Announcements
We’d like to say thank you to the David and Janet Leatherwood Family Fund. Their support will increase our capacity to roll out our new Environmental Education Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship in prisons, job training, and reentry programs in the state of...
by Yung Tang | Nov 24, 2021 | Outside the Wall, Partners, Testimonials
Please join us in congratulating one of our Roots of Success graduates, Mark Mack, on his recent completion of the Windy City Harvest Corps program! Mark served 10 years behind bars in the state of Ohio, and came to the Roots of Success program in 2015. “I always...
by Yung Tang | Nov 16, 2021 | Outside the Wall, Program News
The following is written by Jaime Armour, a Roots of Success instructor who was incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Jaime was able to return to her community in The Dalles, Oregon in 2019. In these blog posts, she has been providing us with updates...
by Yung Tang | Nov 16, 2021 | Announcements
We are thrilled to let you know that we have updated the online version of Roots of Success! The updated online version is extremely user friendly, easy to navigate, and allows individuals to take Roots of Success directly online with a computer, tablet, or phone...
